Nigeria's Igbo priest Tansi on Malawian coin

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10 Kwacha Beatification of Michael Iwene Tansi

10 Kwacha (Beatification of Michael Iwene Tansi) - obverse10 Kwacha (Beatification of Michael Iwene Tansi) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Malawi 

Period Republic (1966-date)

Type Non-circulating coin

Year 2008

Value 10 Kwacha

10 MWK = NGN 9.61

Currency Kwacha (1971-date)

Composition Silver plated copper-nickel

Weight 30.0 g

Diameter 36.0 mm

Shape Round

Technique Milled

Number N#61060Help

References Schön# 138

Commemorative issue

10th Anniversary of the beatification of Michael Iwene Tansi

Obverse

Coat of arms of Malawi divides date, denomination below

Script: Latin

Lettering:

REPUBLIC OF MALAWI

20 08

UNITY AND FREEDOM

10 KWACHA

Reverse

Pope John Paul II and Cyprian Roman Catholic clergyman Michael Iweni Tansi (1903 - 1964).

Script: Latin

Lettering:

BEATIFICATION OF

CYPRIAN MICHAEL

IWENE TANSI

10TH

ANNIVERSARY

Engraver: Fabrizio Annovi

Edge

Reeded