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500 Kwacha Rights to Health
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#45 |
| Obverse description | The obverse displays the national coat of arms of Zambia at centre, featuring a shield with wavy vertical lines representing the Victoria Falls, supported by a man in traditional attire to the left and a woman to the right, with an African fish eagle displayed above the shield and a scroll at the base bearing the national motto ONE ZAMBIA ONE NATION. The legend ZAMBIA arcs across the upper field, the date 1994 is split to either side of the supporters with 19 to the left and 94 to the right, and the denomination 500 KWACHA appears in the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ZAMBIA 19 94 500 KWACHA |
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Part of a broader United Nations-aligned commemorative program issued across multiple developing nations in the early 1990s, this piece belongs to the "Rights of the Child" series — a coordinated effort tying sovereign coinage to UNICEF advocacy ahead of the 1995 World Summit for Social Development. Zambia's participation reflected its post-UNIP transition period following Frederick Chiluba's 1991 election victory, the country's first multiparty contest in nearly two decades.
Zambia's infant mortality rate at time of issue was among the highest in sub-Saharan Africa, lending the health-rights theme an uncomfortable proximity to domestic reality rather than abstract principle.