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10 Kwacha (front) / 100 Dollars (back) ZMW

Zambia 2023 1990_present unknown Needs review ✦ AI 80%

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Identity

Where & when

Country Zambia

Currency ZMW

Denomination 10 Kwacha (front) / 100 Dollars (back)

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Issue year 2023

Era 1990_present

Legal status withdrawn

Subjects & design

What's on the note

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Reverse subject African buffalo

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Color palette #d4e5d5,#8b7355,#1a1a1a

Themes wildlife,architecture

Language / script Latin

Front: The Bank of Zambia headquarters building in Lusaka, the central bank's modernist multi-story office complex that has served as the institution's seat since the post-independence era. The building represents the country's financial sovereignty and administrative infrastructure. The denomination reads '10 TEN KWACHA' with 'BANK OF ZAMBIA' inscribed at top. Printer attribution visible at bottom: 'THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED.'

Back: African buffalo (Syncerus caffer), one of the 'Big Five' game animals of Africa and a species native to Zambian wildlife reserves and national parks including Kafue and South Luangwa. The buffalo appears with a calf in natural grassland habitat. The back carries the text 'RESERVE BANK OF ZIMBABWE' (repeated microprint security pattern), 'I PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE RESERVE BANK OF ZIMBABWE', with 'HARARE 2023' at bottom left, and denomination '100' at corners.

Production

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Issuer Bank of Zambia

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Printer Thomas De La Rue & Company, Limited

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Material paper

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Signatures: Governor: [signature present but name illegible]

Security features: microprint,intaglio,latent_image

Geography

Zambia in Africa

Zambia in Africa. Other countries on the same continent shown in muted grey.

The story

Background & history

This note presents a significant mismatch: the front is clearly a Zambian 10 Kwacha note issued by the Bank of Zambia (with Thomas De La Rue attribution), while the back is from a Zimbabwean 100 Dollar note issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe dated 2023 (Harare). These are two different banknotes from two different countries and currency systems photographed together. Zambia uses the Kwacha (ZMW) redenominated in 2013, while Zimbabwe reintroduced the Zimbabwe Dollar (ZWL/ZiG) in 2019-2023 after years of using foreign currencies following hyperinflation. The pairing is physically impossible as a single legitimate banknote. The Zambian front follows traditional Bank of Zambia design showing their headquarters; the Zimbabwean back follows their 2019-2023 series wildlife theme featuring indigenous animals.

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AI extractions (3)

openai · gpt-4o 2026-05-10 07:47:44

status: ok · step 3 · $0.0226 · 6307↓ + 684↑ tokens

anthropic · claude-opus-4-5 2026-05-10 07:47:44

status: ok · step 2 · $0.1843 · 7203↓ + 1017↑ tokens

anthropic · claude-sonnet-4-5 2026-05-10 07:47:44

status: ok · step 1 · $0.0400 · 7203↓ + 1227↑ tokens

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