Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
2 Kwacha
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
|---|---|
| Year | 1980-1987 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The central vignette, executed in intaglio, shows a teacher leaning over a seated pupil at a desk, evoking the theme of education. To the right stands a school building with a tree beside it, rendered against a light guilloche underprint. Denomination numerals K2 appear in the lower corners within ornate cartouches, and the printer's imprint is set below the central inscription. |
| Reverse lettering | K2 BANK OF ZAMBIA TWO KWACHA THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The P#24 series spans nearly a decade because the Bank of Zambia rotated through multiple signature combinations without issuing new Pick numbers for each change — a cataloging headache that means dates alone don't distinguish varieties. Thomas De La Rue printed the full run in London, a common arrangement for anglophone African central banks that lacked domestic printing infrastructure through much of the 1980s.
Zambia's copper revenues collapsed in the mid-1970s and never fully recovered, leaving the kwacha under sustained devaluation pressure throughout this note's active life. By the late 1980s, a 2 Kwacha note had become effectively trivial in purchasing power.