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5000 Kwacha Elephant, Mule 2002
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Value | 5000 Kwacha (5000 ZMK) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right occupies the central field, flanked by the date 2002 divided to either side. The denomination 5000 KWACHA appears below the portrait alongside a small Zambian coat of arms. The legend BANK OF ZAMBIA runs along the upper periphery. The design is executed in high relief with a plain inner field surrounding the portrait. |
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| Reverse lettering | · AFRICAN WILDLIFE · ELEPHANT · 1 oz Ag 999 |
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A mule — the accidental (or occasionally deliberate) pairing of mismatched dies from different coin programs — is rarely an officially acknowledged product, and Zambia's 2002 5000 Kwacha elephant mule is no exception. The Bank of Zambia issued a substantial volume of wildlife-themed commemoratives during this period, contracting production to multiple foreign mints simultaneously, which created precisely the conditions under which die mix-ups occur.
Documented examples are few enough that attribution remains contested among collectors of African commemoratives.