2 Kwacha

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.