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500 Kwacha - Elizabeth II Soccer World Champion 1954
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Thickness | 2 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF ZAMBIA 20 01 500 KWACHA |
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| Mintage | 2001 - Proof - 5,000 |
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West Germany's 1954 World Cup victory in Bern — the so-called "Miracle of Bern" — came against a heavily favored Hungarian side that had gone unbeaten for four years and had thrashed the Germans 8–3 in the group stage. The upset remains one of the tournament's defining upsets. That Zambia, a landlocked nation with no particular footballing connection to the 1954 tournament, issued commemorative silver nearly half a century later reflects the chaotic commemorative coin market of the late 1990s and early 2000s, when Pacific and African issuers flooded the collector market with silver pieces tied to any bankable anniversary.