Depicts the coat of arms of Malawi dividing the legend of the bank, denomination above, between two Chinese flowers within a circle surrounded by Twelve branches of the Chinese year.

Current naming conventions for lunar months use numbers, though they were originally named after natural phenomena. Each month is linked to one of the twelve Earthly Branches, but correspondences with Gregorian dates are only approximate. Intercalary months are common in many years.

While the numbered months often align with Gregorian months, they are not directly interchangeable. For example, the Dragon Boat Festival falls on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, and other festivals, like the Double Ninth, Lantern, and Qixi festivals, occur on the 9th, 15th, and 7th days of their respective lunar months.

Depicts an Asian tiger in the middle, an inscription of the occasion with a date in traditional Chinese meaning "2010" and "Year of the Tiger" above, and purity of metal below within a circle surrounded by some Chinese New Year festival celebration elements

The Tiger (虎) is the third of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Tiger is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 寅.