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1000 Kwacha Hyacinth Macaw
| Issuer | Zambia |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Value | 1000 Kwacha |
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| Reverse description | Two Hyacinth Macaws (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) rendered in vivid polychrome color dominate the field, depicted perched among stylized tropical foliage; one bird is shown in profile facing left while the second faces right, both displaying characteristic cobalt-blue plumage with yellow periorbital markings. A shield-shaped cartouche in the lower central field bears a world map outline and is set with an inlaid blue crystal. The curved legend ENDANGERED ANIMAL SPECIES arcs along the left periphery, with HYACINTH MACAW inscribed along the lower right, all within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | ENDANGERED ANIMAL SPECIES HYACINTH MACAW |
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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.