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1000 Kwacha Asian Elephant
| Issuer | Zambia |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Fantasy coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ZAMBIA 2014 ONE ZAMBIA ONE NATION 1000 KWACHA |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays two color-printed Asian elephants — a calf to the left and an adult to the right — facing one another with trunks touching, rendered in naturalistic brown tones against a textured silver field with tropical foliage in the lower field. In the upper portion of the field, a globe in relief highlights Asia, inset with a faceted amber-colored crystal gemstone positioned over the Asian continent. The arching legend 'ENDANGERED ANIMAL SPECIES' curves along the upper left, while 'ASIAN ELEPHANT' appears across the upper right of the field. |
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Zambia's wildlife coin program of the 2000s and 2010s was prolific to the point of cynicism — hundreds of issues, most destined for the collector cabinet rather than any pocket. This piece was never legal tender in any meaningful sense; the face value is fictionally high relative to Zambia's actual monetary denominations in circulation, and the Asian elephant subject has no geographic connection to the country whatsoever.
Silver-plated copper-nickel is the budget tier of the commemorative market, produced primarily for bullion-adjacent retail at low price points.