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| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe |
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| Year | 1989-1999 |
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| Diameter | 18.45 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ZIMBABWE 1997 |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Additional information |
Zimbabwe's small bronze-plated steel cents from this period circulated during the last decade before hyperinflation made low-denomination coins functionally worthless. The switch from solid bronze to steel-core planchets, reflected in the KM#1a designation, was a cost-cutting measure as the Reserve Bank struggled to keep coinage economical to produce — a harbinger of the monetary collapse that would follow within a few years of this series' end.