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1000 Kwacha - Elizabeth II Prince William
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Currency | Kwacha (1968-2012) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as engraved by Ian Rank-Broadley, occupying the upper portion of the obverse field. Below the portrait, the Zambian coat of arms is depicted centrally, featuring the shield supported by a man and a woman in traditional dress, with an eagle displayed above. The legend ZAMBIA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1000 KWACHA is inscribed along the lower periphery in bold lettering. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Struck to mark Prince William's 21st birthday in June 2003, this is squarely within the genre of Commonwealth-adjacent commemorative issues that Zambia produced through the late 1990s and early 2000s — pieces with no domestic circulation purpose, manufactured primarily for the collector export market. Zambia had severed its formal ties with the Crown decades earlier, becoming a republic in 1964, which makes Elizabeth II's appearance here purely nominal, a commercial decision rather than a constitutional one.