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5 Kwanzas
| Issuer | Banco Nacional de Angola |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Printer | Goznak (Гознак, Экспедиция заготовления государственных бумаг), Russia (1818-date) |
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| Obverse description | Dual portrait vignette at right within a circle: the bust of António Agostinho Neto (1922–1979), first President of Angola and leader of the MPLA, in the foreground, with José Eduardo dos Santos (born 1942), second President of Angola, in the background. Denomination numeral at left, set against a guilloche underprint. Bank title inscription across the upper register. |
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| Protection description | the 'Kuku' statuette (The Thinker), a traditional Angolan wood carving representing an elder seated in deep meditation, visible when held to light. |
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| Comments |
Angola's 2012 paper issues were something of an anomaly — the country had been moving toward polymer substrates for smaller denominations, making a conventionally printed paper 5 Kwanza note an odd step sideways. The commission to Goznak in Moscow reflects a long-standing Angolan relationship with Russian state printing going back to the MPLA government's Soviet-era alliances, practical as much as political.
P#151A is scarce in genuinely circulated condition simply because the 5 Kwanza denomination had negligible purchasing power by 2012, limiting real-world use.