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1000 Kwacha Amur Leopard
| Issuer | Zambia |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Currency | Kwacha (2013-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | ZAMBIA 2014 1000 KWACHA ONE ZAMBIA ONE NATION |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Zambia's wildlife coin program of the 2010s was aimed squarely at the collector market, with the Amur leopard chosen largely because its critically endangered status — fewer than 100 individuals in the wild at time of issue — made it a reliable hook for conservation-themed buyers. The Amur leopard's range is restricted to the Russian Far East and northeastern China, making its appearance on a Zambian coin a geographic stretch the issuer made no serious effort to justify.
Silver-plated copper-nickel was the commercial reality behind most of these issues — sold at silver-coin prices to buyers who frequently didn't read the fine print.