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World Paper Money Catalog and History

Zambia banknotes
Zambia paper money catalog and Zambian currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • British currency, 1888-1940
  • South African currency, 1920-1940
  • Southern Rhodesia currenct, 1940-1956
  • Rhodesia and Nyasaland currency, 1956-1964
  • Zambia Pound = (Rhodesia and Nyasaland Pound) = 20 Shillins = 240 Pence, 1964-1968
  • Kwacha = (0.50 Pound) = 100 Ngwee, from 1968

For earlier issues see:
• Southern Rhodesia, 1940-1953
• Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1953-1964

• To purchase Zambian banknotes, please check ATSnotes world banknotes price list.

Pick #	Date
		Republic, from 1964
1-3	(1964)	10 shillings, 1, 5 pounds
4-8	(1968)	50 ngwee, 1, 2, 10, 20 kwacha
9-13	(1969)	50 ngwee, 1, 2, 10, 20 kwacha
14-15	(1973)	50 ngwee, 50 kwacha
16	(1973)	1 kwacha; commemorative issue "Birth of Republic 1972"
17-18	(1974)	10, 20 kwacha
19-22A	(1976)	1, 2, 5, 10, 20 kwacha
23-28	(1980)	1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 kwacha
29-33	(1989)	2, 5, 10, 20, 50 kwacha
34-35	(1991)	100, 500 kwacha
36-42	1992-2005	20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000 kwacha
43	2001	10.000 kwacha
44-49	2003-	500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000, 50.000 kwacha

• Banknotes are attributed to last Pick's catalogue:
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, volume 2: General Issues 1368-1960
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, volume 3: Modern Issues 1961-
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, volume 1: Specialized Issues