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4000 Kwacha African Wildlife - Elephant
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Value | 4000 Kwacha (4000 ZMK) |
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| Reverse description | A detailed high-relief depiction of an African elephant (Loxodonta africana) dominates the central field, portrayed in left-facing profile as it strides through shallow water, its trunk lowered and curled amid splashing waves, conveying power and naturalistic vitality. Fine engraving renders the animal's wrinkled hide and musculature with considerable detail. The legend 'AFRICAN WILDLIFE' arcs along the upper periphery, flanked by raised dots, while 'ELEPHANT' appears along the lower left and '1 oz Ag 999' along the lower right, also separated by raised dot stops. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Zambia's African Wildlife series launched in the 1990s at a moment when the country was navigating severe economic contraction — the kwacha had lost most of its value against hard currencies, making the coins themselves worth multiples of their face denomination almost immediately upon issue. The 4000 kwacha figure was nominally large precisely because of that devaluation.
KM# 105 was struck for the international collector market rather than domestic circulation, a pattern common to sub-Saharan sovereign mints seeking foreign exchange revenue during IMF structural adjustment periods.