{"product_id":"malawi-p-64g-50-kwacha-2020-u","title":"Malawi P-64g 50 Kwacha 2020 UNC—Elephant—Fishermen","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBanknote Characteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVarieties:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP# 64a \/ TBB# 158a — 2014, Governor Chuka (CSRC), prefix AN–AR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP# 64b \/ TBB# 158b — 2015, Governor Chuka (CSRC), prefix AT–AX\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP# 64r \/ TBB# 158bz — 2015, replacement note, prefix ZA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP# 64c \/ TBB# 158c — 2016, Governor Chuka (CSRC), prefix AZ–BF\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eP# 64d \/ TBB# 158d — 2017, Governor Chuka (CSRC), prefix BG–BM\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTBB# 158e — 2018, Governor Kabambe (DK), prefix BR–BT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTBB# 158f — 2019, Governor Kabambe (DK)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTBB# 158g — 2020, Governor Kabambe (DK)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blue, orange, and green on multicolor underprint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFront:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fishermen in boat at left; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reserve_Bank_of_Malawi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eReserve Bank of Malawi\u003c\/a\u003e building at center; portrait of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philip_Gomani_II\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eInkosi ya Makhosi Philip Gomani II\u003c\/a\u003e at right; two large blind-mark dots at center right for visually impaired users\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBack:\u003c\/strong\u003e Elephants, tree, and safari vehicle in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kasungu_National_Park\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKasungu National Park\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWatermark:\u003c\/strong\u003e Portrait of Inkosi ya Makhosi Philip Gomani II with face value\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128 × 64 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIssuing entity:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reserve Bank of Malawi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePrinter:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/De_La_Rue\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDe La Rue\u003c\/a\u003e, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDemonetized:\u003c\/strong\u003e Current — not \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demonetization_(currency)\" target=\"_blank\"\u003edemonetized\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Charles S. R. Chuka, Governor (P# 64a–d); Dalitso Kabambe, Governor (TBB# 158e–g)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCurrency:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malawian_kwacha\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMalawian kwacha\u003c\/a\u003e (1971–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malawi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRepublic of Malawi\u003c\/a\u003e (1966–date)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Malawi\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCapital:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lilongwe\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLilongwe\u003c\/a\u003e (city pop. ~1.1 million; metro ~1.3 million)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePopulation:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~21 million (UN 2023) — similar to Romania or Florida (USA)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArea:\u003c\/strong\u003e 118,484 km²\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGDP per capita at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Purchasing_power_parity\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePPP\u003c\/a\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~$1,700 USD (IMF 2023) — ranks ~185th out of 193 globally\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMain exports:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tobacco, tea, sugar, cotton, coffee, peanuts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBorders:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tanzania\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTanzania\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mozambique\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMozambique\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zambia\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eZambia\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chichewa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChichewa\u003c\/a\u003e (~57% first language; ~70% total speakers, Malawi National Census 2018), English (co-official)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSovereignty:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/British_Central_Africa\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBritish Central Africa Protectorate\u003c\/a\u003e (1891–1907) — administered from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blantyre,_Malawi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBlantyre\u003c\/a\u003e, Malawi's largest city and commercial capital\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nyasaland\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNyasaland\u003c\/a\u003e (1907–1953, 1963–1964) — British protectorate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federation_of_Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFederation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland\u003c\/a\u003e (1953–1963) — alongside Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malawi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRepublic of Malawi\u003c\/a\u003e (1966–date) — independent republic; capital moved from Blantyre to Lilongwe in 1975\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMalawi Unfiltered\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMalawi is one of the most densely populated countries in Africa — and one of the poorest on earth by GDP per capita.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLake Malawi holds 30% of the world's freshwater fish species found nowhere else on the planet.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRose Lomathinda Chibambo, whose portrait appears on this note, was a founding member of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malawi_Congress_Party\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMalawi Congress Party\u003c\/a\u003e and one of the most prominent women in the country's independence movement — later imprisoned for her political beliefs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe New Parliament Building on the reverse was completed in 2010 and remains one of the most architecturally significant public buildings in the country.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMalawi has no coastline, yet fishing is a cornerstone of its economy and culture — the lake is everything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTwo Dots That Changed the Note\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two large blind-mark dots at center right — the feature that distinguishes this type from the earlier series — were introduced in 2014 as a tactile aid for visually impaired users. A small but deliberate act of inclusion, pressed into every note printed from that year forward. The earlier 2012 series had no such feature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Chief in Exile, on the Currency\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhilip Gomani II never lived to see Malawian independence. He was removed from his chieftaincy by the British in 1953 and died that same year. His face now appears on the 50 Kwacha note of the independent republic he never saw — watermarked into the paper, visible only when held to the light. History has a way of settling accounts slowly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eEight Varieties, One Safari\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe P# 64 series ran from 2014 to 2020 across eight distinct varieties, spanning two governors and six years of print runs. The 2020 note — TBB# 158g — is the final issue of the series. The reverse image of Kasungu — elephants, acacia, open vehicle — remained unchanged throughout, a quiet constant across a decade of economic turbulence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eOwn This Note from the Warm Heart of Africa\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 50 Kwacha note, crisp and uncirculated, is an affordable piece of a country that rewards the collector who pays attention. The fishermen on the front work a lake with no parallel on Earth. The elephants on the back are survivors of a near-extinction. The chief in the watermark died for a principle. All of that fits in your hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA note that carries more history than its denomination suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Money Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51799015555383,"sku":"MW64gU","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0969\/7165\/3431\/files\/64go.jpg?v=1774902707","url":"https:\/\/worldmoneystore.com\/products\/malawi-p-64g-50-kwacha-2020-u","provider":"World Money Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}