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1000 Kwacha Dolphins
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | BANK OF ZAMBIA 20 01 1000 KWACHA |
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Zambia's late-1990s and early-2000s wildlife series was produced largely for the collector export market rather than domestic circulation — a deliberate revenue strategy by the Bank of Zambia during a period of severe sovereign debt and currency instability. The 1000 Kwacha face value was nominally significant but practically irrelevant; by 2001, inflation had eroded the kwacha to the point where everyday transactions required notes in far higher denominations.
KM#90 is one of several issues from this series struck by foreign mints on contract, with pieces distributed almost entirely through overseas numismatic dealers rather than Zambian banks.