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500 Kwacha
| Issuer | Bank of Zambia |
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| Year | 1991 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of President Kenneth Kaunda at right, facing three-quarters left, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint with a vignette of a baobab tree at centre. At left, an African fish eagle in flight rendered in fine line engraving; the Zambian coat of arms appears at lower centre below the promise-to-pay legend and Governor's signature. Denomination numerals "K500" appear in ornate cartouches at upper left and upper and lower right, with the issuer title "BANK OF ZAMBIA" in a dark panel across the top. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette in multicolour shows a group of workers harvesting cotton in a field, with trees in the background. To the left, an intaglio vignette of the Freedom Statue — a male figure breaking chains overhead — stands on a plinth, with an African elephant in the lower-left foreground. A repeating microtext guilloche band reading "ONE ZAMBIA ONE NATION" runs across the lower central portion of the note. Denomination cartouches "K500" appear at upper left, upper right, and lower right, with "BANK OF ZAMBIA" across the top and "FIVE HUNDRED KWACHA" in a panel along the lower border. |
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| Protection description | President Kaunda's portrait visible when held to light; embedded security thread running vertically through the note. |
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