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1000 Kwacha Billete fantasia
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Reverse description | Green-toned note with a vignette of an African elephant wading in a river, labelled "Lower Zambezi National Park", set against a lush riverine backdrop at right. An outline map of Zambia occupies the centre, with a vignette of a seated market woman at lower left. The date "2015", denomination "1000 KWACHA", inscription "REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA" and the Zambian coat of arms appear across the face. |
| Reverse lettering | 1000 KWACHA Lower Zambezi National Park 2015 REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA |
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A "billete fantasía" — a fantasy note — is not legal tender and carries no monetary authority. These are commercially produced novelty items, often sold as gifts or collectors' curiosities, and this piece has no official relationship with the Bank of Zambia despite bearing its name. The attribution is decorative, not institutional.
Zambia did transition to genuine polymer banknotes for its rebased kwacha series, which lends these fantasy items a superficial plausibility. The real 2012–2015 polymer issues were printed by De La Rue.