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20 MWK

Malawi 1990_present unknown Needs review ✦ AI 75%

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Identity

Where & when

Country Malawi

Currency MWK

Denomination 20

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Era 1990_present

Legal status withdrawn

Subjects & design

What's on the note

Front portrait —

Reverse subject Machinga Teachers Training College

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Color palette #d4a1b5,#f5e8c7,#8b6b8b

Themes architecture,education

Language / script Latin

Front: Machinga Teachers Training College, an educational institution in Malawi dedicated to teacher training and professional development. The front features the college building and a symbolic stack of books with a graduation cap, representing education and academic achievement. The Reserve Bank of Malawi coat of arms appears at lower right, showing a lion and rising sun above waves.

Back: The back image appears severely faded and difficult to identify with certainty. Text visible includes 'BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF CURRENCY MALAYA', 'TEN CENTS', and a date of '1st JULY 1941', with portrait and decorative elements. This appears to be a different note entirely—a 10 cents note from the Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya issued during the 1941–1945 Japanese occupation period or immediate pre-war era. This constitutes a mismatched pair.

Production

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Issuer Reserve Bank of Malawi

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Material paper

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Security features: see_through_register

Geography

Malawi in Africa

Malawi in Africa. Other countries on the same continent shown in muted grey.

The story

Background & history

The front shows a modern Reserve Bank of Malawi 20 Kwacha note, issued after Malawi adopted the Kwacha currency in 1971 (replacing the Malawi pound). The specific series cannot be determined without visible dates or signatures, but the design style and security features suggest a post-1990 issue. The emphasis on Machinga Teachers Training College reflects Malawi's commitment to education investment. However, the back image is NOT from the same note—it shows a Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya 10 cents note from 1941, a completely different country, era, and currency. This represents a fundamental mismatch in the provided images.

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Condition

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Front appears to be in reasonable condition; back image is severely faded and appears to be from a different note entirely.

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AI extractions (3)

openai · gpt-4o 2026-05-10 06:32:54

status: ok · step 3 · $0.0221 · 5967↓ + 716↑ tokens

anthropic · claude-opus-4-5 2026-05-10 06:32:54

status: ok · step 2 · $0.1895 · 7371↓ + 1053↑ tokens

anthropic · claude-sonnet-4-5 2026-05-10 06:32:54

status: ok · step 1 · $0.0386 · 7371↓ + 1099↑ tokens

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