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10 Kwacha UNICEF
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the full coat of arms of Zambia at centre, featuring a shield with undulating wavy lines representing the Victoria Falls, supported by a male figure in traditional dress to the left and a female figure to the right. Above the shield, a fish eagle with wings spread wide serves as the crest, flanked by crossed mining implements. Below the shield, a scroll bears the national motto ONE ZAMBIA ONE NATION, with a Zambian eagle owl and a maize cob visible at the base. The country name ZAMBIA is inscribed in a bold arc along the upper field, with the date 2000 positioned below the arms in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark UNICEF's work in sub-Saharan Africa, this piece belongs to a wave of commemorative kwacha coinage Zambia produced around the turn of the millennium — a period when the country was simultaneously navigating catastrophic HIV/AIDS mortality rates that had reduced average life expectancy to below 40 years. The irony of a nation in demographic crisis issuing a child welfare commemorative was not lost on observers at the time.