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Issuing authority

Zambia

Southern African republic issuing kwacha coinage and notes.

Kind
republic
Region
Southern Africa, Africa
Recorded period
1964 – present

Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.

Published entries

7

Individual types and documented families

With photographs

100%

7 with a credited real-object photo

Dated span

1964 – 2024

7 entries with their own date

Verified or well documented

0

Highest two confidence levels

Sorted by date, earliest first.

1 Pound, Bank of Zambia, Zambia, 1964 (Pick 2)

CGB via Numista

banknotes

1 Pound, Bank of Zambia, Zambia, 1964 (Pick 2)

1964

This 1 Pound note was issued in Zambia by the Bank of Zambia, dated 1964. It belongs to the Pound (1964-1968) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1964-date). It measures 149 × 83 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money lists the type as Pic…

Documented

Partial type record

5 Pounds, Bank of Zambia, Zambia, 1964 (Pick 3)

CGB via Numista

banknotes

5 Pounds, Bank of Zambia, Zambia, 1964 (Pick 3)

1964

This 5 Pounds note was issued in Zambia by the Bank of Zambia, dated 1964. It belongs to the Pound (1964-1968) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1964-date). and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money lists the type as Pick 3. Obverse: Wildebee…

Documented

Partial type record

Zambian kwacha banknotes

Forextime.com

banknotes

Zambian kwacha banknotes

from 1968

Zambian kwacha banknotes are paper currency issues released by the Bank of Zambia. Decimalisation was authorised in 1966 under Act 40 of 1966, formally replacing the earlier Zambian pound. The first kwacha banknotes entered circulation on 16 January 1968, comprising denominations of 50 ngwee as well as 1, 2, 10, and…

Documented

Partial type record

50 Kwacha, Bank of Zambia, Zambia, 1992–2010 (Pick 37)

hex7ech via Numista

banknotes

50 Kwacha, Bank of Zambia, Zambia, 1992–2010 (Pick 37)

1992-2010

This 50 Kwacha note was issued in Zambia by the Bank of Zambia, with dates recorded from 1992–2010. It belongs to the Kwacha (1968-2012) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1964-date). It measures 140 × 70 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper…

Documented

Partial type record

500 Kwacha, Bank of Zambia, Zambia, 2003–2011 (Pick 43)

ngdawa via Numista

banknotes

500 Kwacha, Bank of Zambia, Zambia, 2003–2011 (Pick 43)

2003-2011

This 500 Kwacha note was issued in Zambia by the Bank of Zambia, with dates recorded from 2003–2011. It belongs to the Kwacha (1968-2012) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1964-date). It measures 140 × 70 mm and is printed on polymer. The Standard Catalog of World Pap…

Documented

Partial type record

10 Kwacha, Bank of Zambia, Zambia, 2015–2022 (Pick 58)

elier.am85 via Numista

banknotes

10 Kwacha, Bank of Zambia, Zambia, 2015–2022 (Pick 58)

2015-2022

This 10 Kwacha note was issued in Zambia by the Bank of Zambia, with dates recorded from 2015–2022. It belongs to the Kwacha (2013-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1964-date). It measures 145 × 70 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper…

Documented

Partial type record

10 Kwacha, Bank of Zambia, Zambia, 2024 (Pick 62)

hex7ech via Numista

banknotes

10 Kwacha, Bank of Zambia, Zambia, 2024 (Pick 62)

2024

This 10 Kwacha note was issued in Zambia by the Bank of Zambia, dated 2024. It belongs to the Kwacha (2013-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Republic (1964-date). It measures 118 × 69 mm and is printed on hybrid substrate (durasafe®). The Standard Catalog of World Paper M…

Documented

Partial type record

Dated entries by century

  • 20th century4
  • 21st century3

Only the 7 entries carrying their own date to within about 150 years are counted, by the earliest year given. These are catalogue holdings, not production totals.

Materials recorded in the physical descriptions

  • Paper4
  • Polymer1

An entry made of several materials is counted once under each. Materials are counted only where the description states them.

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