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Angola banknotes
Angola paper money catalog and Angolan currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Milreis = 1000 Reis = 20 Macutas, till 1911
  • Angolar (Escudo) = 100 Centavos, 1911-59
  • Escudo = 100 Centavos, 1959-77
  • Kwaza = (Escudo) = 100 Lwei, 1977-90
  • Novo Kwaza = 100 Lwei, 1990-95
  • Kwaza Reajustado = 1000 old Kwaza, from 1995

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Pick #	Date
		Portuguese Colony, till 1975
1-4	1861-64	1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 20.000 Reis
5-9	1877-84	1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000 reis
10-12	1865	5.000, 10.000, 20.000 reis
13-15	1876-77	1.000, 2.000, 2.500 reis
16-20	1878-90	1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000 reis
20A-C	1892-7	100, 200, 500 reis
21-24	1905	1.000, 2.500, 5.000, 10.000 reis
25-26	1909	2.500, 5.000 reis
27-38	1909	1.000, 1.000, 2.500, 2.500 reis, 5, 5, 10, 10, 20, 20, 50, 50 mil reis
39-46	1914	10, 10, 20, 20, 50, 50 centavos
47-48	1914	50, 50 centavos; overprint on St.Thomas
49-50	1918	5, 20 centavos
51-54	1920	10, 20, 50, 50 centavos
55-61	1921	1, 2.50, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 escudos
62-63	1921-23	50, 50 centavos
64-67	1926	1, 2.50, 5, 10 Angolares
68-69	1942	1, 2.50 Angolares
70-71	1948	1, 2.50 Angolares
72-76	1927	20, 20, 50, 50, 100, 500 Angolares
77-82	1944-46	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 1.000 Angolares
83-86	1951-52	20, 50, 100, 1.000 Angolares
87-91	1956	20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 escudos
92-96	1962	20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 escudos
97-98	1970	500, 1.000 escudos
99-103	1972	20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 escudos
104-8	1973	20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 escudos
		Republic, from 1975
109-13	1976	20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 Kwanzas
114-17	1979	50, 100, 500, 1.000 Kwanzas
118-21	1984-87	50, 100, 500, 1.000 Kwanzas
122-25	(1991)	50, 500, 1.000, 5.000 novo Kwanzas
126-34	1991	100, 500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000, 50.000, 100.000, 500.000 Kwanzas
135-42	1995	1.000, 5.000, 10.000, 50.000, 100.000, 500.000, 1.000.000, 5.000.000 Kwanzas
143-7	1999	1, 5, 10, 50, 100 Kwanzas
148-51	2003-11	200, 500, 1.000, 2.000 Kwanzas
151A-159	2012	5, 10, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000, 2.000, 5.000 Kwanzas; not issued 10.000
160-	2012	200, 500, 1.000, 2.000, 5.000 Kwanzas