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5 Kwacha
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 2012-2018 |
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| Thickness | 1.72 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | MALAWI |
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| Reverse lettering | 2015 5 KWACHA |
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Malawi redenominated its currency in 2012, with the kwacha losing roughly half its official value overnight after the government — under pressure from the IMF — abandoned the fixed exchange rate that predecessor Bingu wa Mutharika had stubbornly defended until his death in April of that year. The 5 Kwacha coin entered circulation in that same climate of abrupt monetary adjustment.
Stainless steel clad iron was the pragmatic choice for a country managing chronic import costs on coinage metals.