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1000 Kwacha 20€ Note - reverse
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 1998-1999 |
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| Weight | 28.65 g |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF ZAMBIA 19 99 1000 KWACHA |
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| Mintage | 1998 - Proof - 1999 - Proof - |
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Zambia's late-1990s novelty coinage leaned hard into the collector market, producing oversized pieces shaped like banknotes — a gimmick that found a surprisingly receptive audience in European coin fairs of the period. This piece mimics the obverse face of the 1000 Kwacha note then in circulation, a denomination worth roughly a few US cents by the time of issue, the kwacha having been gutted by years of copper-price collapse and structural adjustment conditionality from the IMF.
The silver-plated nickel brass construction degrades predictably at the high points of the relief lettering where plating thins during striking.