← Read the currency article Angolan kwanza: research record Evidence coverage: 1977–1977. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
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Angolan kwanza AOA · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Predecessor documented At least one documented predecessor; this does not certify every historical input. At least one documented predecessor; this does not certify every historical input. At least one documented predecessor; this does not certify every historical input. At least one documented predecessor; this does not certify every historical input. At least one documented predecessor; this does not certify every historical input. At least one documented predecessor; this does not certify every historical input. At least one documented predecessor; this does not certify every historical input. The1953Organic Law supplies an earlier statutory escudo anchor. Exact implementation and earlier angolar/escudo identity continuity remain unresolved; no cash-issue date is substituted.
View the modern predecessor audit → Parents / predecessors Children / successors No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Unit and issue records 1 records Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Kwanza — endpoint research dossier FTM000743 · C569
Monetary history 1 events Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
1977 National currency introduction reported The 2025 State of the Nation address dates the creation of the kwanza to 1977.
C569 Evidence & research notes 2 claims Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C569
The 2025 State of the Nation address dates the creation of the kwanza to 1977.
Government of Angola · Discurso sobre o Estado da Nação 2025 Citation S303 ·
Open source ↗ Paragraph beginning A moeda nacional, o Kwanza
Source access and limitations Recover 1977 issue law and the separate 1990, 1995 and 1999 conversion instruments; a retrospective creation year does not verify all scales.
Supported C1124
Angolan escudo → kwanza, 1977.
Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 Citation S98 ·
Open source ↗ AOA entry, currency history; Bundesbank PDF, 24 September 2025 edition.
Source access and limitations Historical reference, not a 2026 legal-status audit.
Only selected country milestones used.