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2 Kwacha
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 2012-2014 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Light blue and grey underprint with fine guilloche work across the face. At upper right, an intaglio vignette of a African fish eagle perched on a branch dominates the right half of the note, set against a pale yellow central panel with a tree vignette and the promise clause. To the lower left, the Zambian coat of arms appears within a dark circular seal dated 2012, flanked by a holographic security patch and a "BoZ" dove watermark emblem. The Bank of Zambia title is rendered in a dark banner across the top, with denomination numerals "K2" in red at upper left and lower right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Holographic patch |
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The 2 Kwacha belongs to the rebased series introduced when Zambia lopped three zeros off its currency in January 2013 — a direct response to inflation that had made billion-kwacha transactions routine. The redenomination pegged the new kwacha at 1,000 old ones, and G&D printed this series accordingly before the switchover date.
P#49 was a short-lived denomination in practice; the 2 Kwacha was discontinued early within the series, making circulated survivors from the full 2012–2014 window less common than the higher-value notes from the same print run.