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10 Kwacha
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 1986-1988 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Life President Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda in an intaglio-printed oval vignette at right, set against an intricate guilloche border. The central vignette renders a lakeside sunset scene with fishermen working nets from a boat, framed by palm fronds, rendered in fine intaglio line work with warm orange and blue underprint tones. Denomination numerals K10 appear in each corner, with the issue date and Governor's signature printed at the lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | RESERVE BANK OF MALAWI PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF TEN KWACHA ISSUED UNDER THE RESERVE BANK OF MALAWI ACT, 1964 |
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The P#21 series was introduced as Malawi's economy came under increasing pressure from tobacco price volatility and structural adjustment conditions imposed by the IMF — the 10 Kwacha represented a full week's wages for many rural workers at the time of issue. Thomas De La Rue printed the series in London, a relationship Malawi maintained continuously from independence through this period, reflecting both the Reserve Bank's conservative institutional preferences and the absence of domestic printing capacity.
The watermark is the sole mechanical security feature, modest even by mid-1980s standards for a denomination of this significance.