Zambia reintroduced physical coinage in 2012 after abandoning it entirely during the hyperinflationary years of the late 1990s and 2000s, when coins became worthless faster than they could be distributed. The 2025 date places this among the most recent issues of the current rebased kwacha series, introduced after the 2013 redenomination stripped three zeros from the old currency.
Zambia reintroduced physical coinage in 2012 after abandoning it entirely during the hyperinflationary years of the late 1990s and 2000s, when coins became worthless faster than they could be distributed. The 2025 date places this among the most recent issues of the current rebased kwacha series, introduced after the 2013 redenomination stripped three zeros from the old currency.