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50 Tambala
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 1976-1984 |
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| Currency | Kwacha (1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | A central vignette of fishermen at work on a lake occupies the middle of the note, rendered in fine intaglio engraving against a lightly guilloche-patterned underprint. A portrait of Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda appears to the right. The bank name and denomination are inscribed in the surrounding lettering. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a detailed intaglio vignette of cotton workers harvesting cotton bolls in a field, with a male worker in the foreground and a second worker with a basket balanced on her head visible in the middle ground, rolling hills forming the background. Denomination numerals "50t" appear at the lower left and upper right corners, with the bank name and value in full across the lower panel within a decorative guilloche border. |
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Malawi's tambala denominations were introduced in 1971 following decimalisation, when the kwacha replaced the pound at a rate of two kwacha to one pound. The 50 tambala — half a kwacha — occupied an awkward commercial position throughout its print life, too large for small transactions yet too small for meaningful trade, and De La Rue's eight-year production run for this note reflects steady demand rather than any particular monetary event.
Watermark-only security on a note spanning nearly a decade of issue is minimal, even by the standards of the period. Later Malawian issues added security threads, making P#13 the last of the series to rely on that single feature alone.