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1 000 Kwacha
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 1992-2003 |
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| Size | 145 × 70 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by an intaglio vignette of a African fish eagle perched on a branch, set against a background of trees and a fine guilloche underprint in multicolour tones of red, green, and blue. To the lower left, the Zambian coat of arms appears within a green circular seal dated 1992, accompanied by a small dove vignette, while the bank title BANK OF ZAMBIA is printed in bold letterpress across the upper centre. The denomination K1000 appears in large numerals at upper left and lower right, with the promise clause and Governor's facsimile signature printed in the lower centre field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a composite agricultural and wildlife vignette: to the left, a large intaglio rendering of an aardvark in red-brown tones against a wavy-line underprint, labelled AARDVARK; at centre, a tractor ploughing a maize field with a worker rendered in fine line engraving; to the right, an intaglio sculptural group of a warrior figure beside a maize plant, set against a pale multicolour guilloche background with a radiating sunburst underprint at upper centre. The bank title and denomination are repeated at top, with ONE THOUSAND KWACHA in white on a dark green panel at lower left and K1000 in red at lower right. The printer's imprint THOMAS DE LA RUE AND COMPANY LIMITED appears in small letterpress at the lower right margin. |
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The 1000 Kwacha was the highest denomination in Zambia's series through most of the 1990s, a period when the kwacha was losing value sharply against hard currencies — by mid-decade, the official exchange rate had collapsed from roughly 2 kwacha per U.S. dollar at independence to well over 1,000. A note worth holding in 1992 bought considerably less by the time the series was retired.
The long print run under a single Pick number covers two signature varieties, both bearing Dominic Mulaisho's successor Jacob Mwanza, whose tenure as Bank of Zambia Governor spanned the late 1980s through the 1990s privatization era.