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1000 Kwacha 75th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II in right profile, set within a raised inner circle occupying the upper portion of the field. The year of issue '2001' is divided across the lower field, flanking the inner circle, with '20' to the left and '01' to the right. The Zambian coat of arms is depicted below the inner circle at centre, with the denomination '1000 KWACHA' inscribed along the lower rim. The legend 'BANK OF ZAMBIA' curves along the upper periphery in raised Latin characters. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF ZAMBIA 2001 1000 KWACHA |
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Zambia's commemorative coinage of the late 1990s and early 2000s was largely driven by the Pobjoy Mint and similar private contract minters producing collector issues with minimal domestic circulation. This piece belongs to that wave — authorized by the Bank of Zambia but effectively a product of the international commemorative market rather than any organic national occasion. Queen Elizabeth II's 75th birthday in 2001 generated a flurry of such issues across Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth states alike, many sharing nearly identical specifications and differing only in the issuing authority's name.