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1000 Kwacha White Stork
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed effigy of a crowned female figure occupies the central field, with the date divided as '20' and '00' flanking the portrait on either side. Below the bust appears the Zambian national coat of arms, featuring supporters and a shield. The circular legend 'BANK OF ZAMBIA' arcs across the upper periphery in incuse lettering. The overall style is characteristic of late 20th-century commemorative portraiture, rendered with fine relief against a mirror proof field. |
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| Reverse description | The central field bears a full-color photographic inlay depicting a White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) standing upright in a naturalistic wooded setting, its white plumage, black wing tips, and distinctive red beak and legs rendered in vivid multicolor detail. The bird occupies the entirety of the inner disc, surrounded by a raised silver border. The curved legend 'AFRICAN WILDLIFE' arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination '1000 KWACHA' appears along the lower border, flanked on either side by a raised star. The design belongs to the well-known African Wildlife commemorative series issued for Zambia. |
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Zambia's wildlife coin program of the late 1990s and early 2000s was aimed squarely at the collector export market — foreign exchange, not domestic circulation. The White Stork is a migratory species that passes through Zambia seasonally, making it a somewhat opportunistic choice for a wildlife series built more on commercial appeal than ecological significance.
The .859 fineness is notably low for a modern silver commemorative, where .925 is the near-universal standard. Whether this reflects a supplier decision or a cost-reduction measure by the issuing authority is unrecorded, but it distinguishes the series technically.