Catalog
1 Pound
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 1963 |
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| Reference(s) | P#A1 |
| Obverse description | A central vignette portrays a standing fisherman casting a net, with a fishing boat and additional figures in the background. To the right, a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a tiara is set within a circular guilloche frame, while a blank oval reserve occupies the left side. Inscriptions include "BANK OF ZAMBIA", "I promise to pay the bearer on demand", "One Pound", "For the Bank of Zambia", and "Governor", with denomination numerals "£1" at all four corners. |
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| Reverse lettering | One Pound BANK OF ZAMBIA £1 |
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Zambia did not exist in 1963 — the country achieved independence on 24 October 1964. This note was issued by the Bank of Zambia ahead of that date as part of the preparatory currency infrastructure, making it one of the earliest pieces of Zambian monetary apparatus and predating the republic itself. The pound denomination was a deliberate continuity measure, keeping parity with the Rhodesian and Nyasaland pound during the transitional period before Zambia introduced the kwacha in 1968.
Harrison and Sons held numerous African independence-era contracts; their High Wycombe facility handled security printing for dozens of newly sovereign states through the 1960s.