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50 Emalangeni
| Issuer | Central Bank of Swaziland |
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| Year | 1995-1998 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of King Mswati III at left, set against a guilloche underprint in red and pink tones, with the national arms vignette at lower centre. Two facsimile signatures appear below centre — those of the Minister for Finance and the Governor — with the date printed between them. A vertical holographic security strip is affixed at the right margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF SWAZILAND THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR LANGEMASHUMI LASIHLANU EMALANGENI |
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P#26 spans three signature combinations across the 1995–1998 run, making the Masuku/Dlamini pairing the scarcer of the variants — worth distinguishing when cataloging. The holographic strip places this squarely in Swaziland's first generation of high-security issues, a response to regional counterfeiting pressure that was particularly acute in Southern Africa through the mid-1990s.
Giesecke & Devrient had been the Central Bank of Swaziland's printer since the earliest Lilangeni series. The Leipzig plant handled the full security integration on this note.