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10 Kwacha
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 2015-2022 |
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| Size | 145 × 70 mm |
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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 |
| Reverse description | A Cape porcupine vignette occupies the left panel against a wave-pattern guilloche underprint, with the word PORCUPINE inscribed below it. The central field carries an agricultural scene of farmers harvesting in a field, with the Freedom Statue (a figure breaking chains) rendered in intaglio at centre-right. A denomination box reading TEN KWACHA in white on dark green appears at lower left. |
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Zambia redenominated its currency in 2013, lopping three zeros off the old kwacha to introduce the rebased series — this note belongs to the first generation of denominations issued under that reform. The rebase was driven partly by practical frustration: by 2012, the largest circulating note was worth roughly twenty US cents, and ATM cassettes simply couldn't hold enough bills for meaningful withdrawals.
Giesecke & Devrient have supplied Zambia's banknote printing needs across multiple series, and the 2015 issue continued that relationship. P#58 is among the lower denominations in the current series, meaning it absorbed heavy circulation wear.