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50 Tambala
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Malawi |
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| Year | 1986-1994 |
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| Value | 50 Tambala |
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| Reverse description | The central device displays the coat of arms of Malawi in high relief, supported by a lion rampant to the left and a leopard rampant to the right. The shield bears horizontal wavy lines representing Lake Malawi in its upper portion and a rising sun with a lion passant in the lower portion, surmounted by an African fish eagle with outstretched wings atop a radiating sun crest. A scroll beneath the shield bears the national motto UNITY AND FREEDOM in small raised letters. The date 1986 is inscribed at the top of the field above the arms, while the denomination 50 TAMBALA appears in large bold letters along the lower arc of the coin. |
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| Mintage | 1986 - - 1994 - - |
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The Reserve Bank of Malawi issued this denomination during the long presidency of Hastings Banda, whose government maintained tight control over the national currency as part of a broader policy of economic self-reliance that kept Malawi largely isolated from regional financial integration. Banda's face appeared on virtually all Malawian currency of this period — a common practice among the continent's one-party states of the 1970s and 1980s.
Nickel brass was a practical choice for a high-value circulating coin in a low-income economy, offering durability without the cost of cupronickel. The series ran into the early 1990s as Malawi faced mounting donor pressure to democratize, which eventually produced a multiparty referendum in 1993.