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!
40 000 Kwacha Edward VII
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
|---|---|
| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 47.54 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | 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 script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | EDWARDVS VII D : G: BRITT:OMN:REX F:D:IND:IMP. |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | 2001 - KM#154.1; Medallic die alignment; Proof - 1 2001 - KM#154.2; Coin die alignment; Matte - 1 |
| Additional information |
The 40,000 Kwacha denomination exists entirely as a collector fiction — no circulating Zambian coinage has ever approached that face value, and the figure bears no relationship to any monetary policy decision made by the Bank of Zambia. These large-denomination gold issues were contracted through external minting houses in the early 2000s and bulk-licensed under Zambian authority primarily for the international bullion and numismatic trade.
Edward VII died in 1910, making his appearance on a 2001 Zambian issue a straightforward licensing curiosity rather than any commemorative logic tied to Zambia's own history.