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5000 Kwacha Elephant; coloured
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Composition | Silver (.999) |
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| Obverse description | The coat of arms of Zambia occupies the central field, depicting a shield supported by a man and a woman in traditional dress, surmounted by an African fish eagle with spread wings. The date is split to either side of the supporters, reading '19' to the left and '99' to the right. The legend 'BANK OF ZAMBIA' arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination '5000 KWACHA' appears along the lower periphery. The fineness indicator '999' is inscribed in the lower field beneath the shield, and the motto 'ONE ZAMBIA ONE NATION' appears on the scroll at the base of the arms. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF ZAMBIA 19 99 ONE ZAMBIA ONE NATION 999 5000 KWACHA |
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Zambia's coloured wildlife coin program of the late 1990s was aimed squarely at the collector and novelty market, issued under the broader wave of applied-colour commemoratives that flooded the numismatic market after Royal Canadian Mint techniques made the process commercially viable for smaller minting operations. Bank of Zambia contracted external minting facilities — not domestic production — for these issues, which bear no meaningful relationship to Zambian monetary circulation.
KM#100 is one of several elephant-themed pieces from this short run. The applied colour was affixed post-strike.