Malawi new 500-kwacha note (B161a) confirmed

B161 (P66): 500 kwacha (US$0.60)

Brown, orange, and light blue. Front: English text; fish; fishermen in boat; Malawi map as registration device; Reserve Bank of Malawi headquarters building in Lilongwe; Reverend John Chilembwe. Back: English text; Mulunguzi dam in Zomba; water spigot; Malawi map; bank logo; silhouette of woman carrying container on head and man carrying hoe over shoulder. Holographic stripe. Windowed security thread with demetalized RBM. Watermark: John Chilembwe, electrotype 500, and Cornerstones. Printer: (De La Rue). 132 x 66 mm. Paper.

a. 1st JANUARY 2014. Sig. 12: Chuka. Prefix AW – BE. Intro: 00.12.2015.

Courtesy of Hartmut Fraunhoffer (Banknote-Online).

 

 

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