MOZAMBIQUE

Pick#..................... 135
Banknote Book # 320a
Denomination ......1,000 Meticais
Date........................1991
Condition..............UNC

President of FRELIMO Eduardo Mondlane, coat of arms, five FRELIMO soldiers raising flag on June 25, 1975 in Machava stadium in Louinco Marques on front.  Star shaped monument with flags in Praca dos Herois (Square of Heros) in Maputo on reverse.  2nd image note under ultraviolet (UV) light showing security ink features.

Watermark: Joaquim Chissanto (3rd image) 

Printer: Thomas De La Rue (TDLR), England.

Metical = Derived from Arabic Mitqal: a weight measuring unit of 4.83 grams of gold used for trade between Arabs and locals before the Portuguese colonized Mozambique. Plural in Portuguese is Meticais.