1000 Kwacha Princess Diana

Issued the year following Diana's death in August 1997, this is one of dozens of commemorative pieces struck by mints worldwide capitalizing on the wave of memorial demand. Zambia's Bank issued several Diana-themed pieces across different denominations in this period, most produced by the Pobjoy Mint in Surrey. The 1000 Kwacha denomination was largely notional — by 1998, Zambian inflation had rendered the face value functionally meaningless against the actual cost of production.