MOZAMBIQUE

Pick#..................... 139
Banknote Book #  225a
Denomination ......100,000 Meticais
Date........................1993
Condition..............UNC
Catalog value $14.00.  Banco de Mozambique headquarters building in Maputo and Coat of Arms on front.  Portion of ceramic low relief on the bank headquarters by artist Querubim Lapa de Almeid and Cahora Bassa dam on reverse.  2nd image note under ultraviolet (UV) light showing security ink features.

Watermark: bank logo (3rd image) 

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.