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1000 Kwacha Mountain Gorilla

Issuer Zambia
Year 2014
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Value 1000 Kwacha
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Obverse lettering ZAMBIA 2014 ONE ZAMBIA ONE NATION 1000 KWACHA
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Zambia's gorilla coins have long occupied a peculiar corner of the numismatic market — produced not for domestic circulation but squarely for the collector trade, with the issuing authority licensing the design through foreign minting intermediaries. The mountain gorilla series attracted buyers on the strength of the subject matter rather than any monetary function; Zambia has no wild gorilla population.

Silver-plated copper-nickel at this weight is a cost structure that tells its own story about the intended buyer and price point.