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5 Shillings
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 1964 |
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| Currency | Malawian pound (1964-1971) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Watermark area visible as a plain oval field on the left side of the reverse |
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Malawi's independence from British colonial rule came on 6 July 1964, and this note belongs to the very first issue from the newly constituted Reserve Bank — a transitional series that was, in practical terms, a rebranding exercise. The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland had already collapsed in 1963, and Reserve Bank of Malawi notes replaced the Nyasaland pound series almost immediately after the new state's proclamation.
De La Rue's involvement was unremarkable in itself — they printed for nearly every newly independent African state in the 1960s — but the short lifespan of shilling-denominated Malawian currency makes early-issue survivors like this one genuinely sparse. Malawi decimalized in 1971, retiring the entire shilling series within seven years of its introduction.