Where did this money come from?
Malawi kwacha
A history told through its predecessors and the currencies that followed.
6 ancestors0 descendantsEstablished connections in this atlas
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DocumentedQualified
The incoming line
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PredecessorAD 274–AD 375
Roman as–denarius–sestertius accountingQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessorAD 400–AD 700
Roman solidus–nomisma accountingQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessorAD 600–1087
Frankish denier–livre reckoningQualified · Intervening stages openPredecessor1932–1940
Pound sterlingDocumentedPredecessor1964–1965
Southern Rhodesian / Central African poundDocumentedPredecessor1971
Malawi poundDocumentedThis currencyMWK
Malawi kwachaDates, conversion terms and evidence 6 connections
Malawi pound Malawi kwacha
1971Documented2 MWK = 1 Malawi poundKwacha per Malawi pound; contextual/foreign-currency exceptions, aggregate calculation and cash tables apply.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Southern Rhodesian / Central African pound Malawi pound
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Pound sterling Southern Rhodesian / Central African pound
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Roman solidus–nomisma accounting Frankish denier–livre reckoning
Evidence period: AD 400–AD 700QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Roman as–denarius–sestertius accounting Roman solidus–nomisma accounting
Evidence period: AD 274–AD 375QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Frankish denier–livre reckoning Pound sterling
Evidence period: AD 600–1087QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗No successor is established here. This does not imply extinction.