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10 Kwacha
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 1980-1988 |
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| Currency | Kwacha (1968-2012) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF ZAMBIA I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND TEN KWACHA FOR THE BANK OF ZAMBIA GOVERNOR ONE ZAMBIA ONE NATION |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Bank of Zambia headquarters building in Lusaka, rendered in detailed intaglio line work, occupying the center of the note with a secondary building visible to the left. A decorative element of seed pods and foliage appears at the lower left, while fine guilloche wave patterns fill the lower border beneath the denomination panel. The issuer title BANK OF ZAMBIA is set in the dark guilloche band at top, with TEN KWACHA in the lower panel, and the printer's imprint at the base. |
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The P#26 series spans nearly a decade, which is unusually long for a Zambian issue — the country went through substantial economic turbulence during the 1980s, including copper price collapses that gutted export revenue and drove inflation sharply upward. That the note remained in production across this period reflects chronic difficulty in reforming the currency rather than monetary stability.
Thomas De La Rue printed the series in London throughout, with only signature combinations changing to reflect successive Bank of Zambia governors and finance ministers. Collectors typically distinguish between signature pairs rather than treating the run as a single uniform type.