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1000 Kwacha Hyacinth Macaw
| Issuer | Zambia |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Currency | Kwacha (2013-date) |
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| Obverse description | The Zambian coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting two human supporters flanking a shield adorned with wavy vertical lines, surmounted by a fish eagle with wings displayed; a scroll below the shield bears the national motto. The date 2014 is divided across the left and right fields flanking the arms. The legend ZAMBIA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1000 KWACHA appears in large characters along the lower periphery, all within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ZAMBIA 2014 ONE ZAMBIA ONE NATION 1000 KWACHA |
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Zambia's wildlife coin program from this period was a prolific commercial operation aimed squarely at the collector market, with dozens of bird and animal types issued annually through licensed distributors. The Hyacinth Macaw is native to central South America — not Zambia — which places this squarely in the category of internationally themed wildlife issues produced under Zambian authority purely for numismatic sale, a practice common among smaller nations supplementing revenue through seigniorage on collector pieces.