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10 Kwacha International Year of the Child
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Diameter | 40 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central design features three children actively playing on a jungle gym climbing frame rendered in crisp relief, with one child climbing on the left, a girl swinging at center, and a third child inverted at upper right. The denomination KWACHA 10 is inscribed along the upper border, while the legend INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF THE CHILD curves along the left and lower periphery. Two symbolic emblems flank the central motif in the field: the UNICEF logo to the right and a United Nations-related emblem to the left. A small engraver's mark appears at the base of the climbing frame. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The International Year of the Child was designated by the United Nations for 1979, the twentieth anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. Zambia's commemorative issue appeared in 1980, slightly after the official year — not unusual for countries whose mint arrangements involved subcontracting to overseas facilities, which introduced production lag. Zambia had no domestic mint at the time, with most commemorative silver coinage struck in the UK or elsewhere under contract.