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1 Shilling
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 1964 |
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| Value | 1 Shilling (1/20) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A boldly rendered Southern Ground Hornbill, shown in left-facing profile perched in a naturalistic pose, occupies the upper right portion of the field. To the left, the denomination numeral '1' with a superscript 's' is incused in the field. The two-line legend ONE SHILLING is inscribed in capital letters across the lower half of the field beneath the bird. |
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Zambia's 1964 coinage was struck in anticipation of independence on October 24th of that year, making this shilling part of a transitional series that retained British denomination nomenclature while establishing a new national identity. The shilling designation was short-lived — Zambia decimalized its currency in 1968, replacing the pound-shilling system with the kwacha and ngwee, so this type had a circulation window of roughly four years.