1 Ngwee

Features

Issuer	Zambia
Period	Republic (1964-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1982-1983
Value	1 Ngwee (0.01 ZMK)
Currency	Kwacha (1968-2012)
Composition	Copper clad steel
Weight	2.1 g
Diameter	17.5 mm
Thickness	1.45 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	1 July 2013
Number	N# 2628
References	KM# 9a Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Obverse

Kenneth Kaunda, president of Zambia, facing right, date below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ZAMBIA
1983

Reverse

Aardvark (Orycteropus afer), value below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1 ONE
NGWEE

Engraver: Norman Sillman

Edge

Plain

Mint

Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

Comments

Due to high inflation starting in the late 1980s, these coins fell out of circulation by 1992.

Present in sets

2012 - Coins of the Commonwealth (Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee)

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
Undetermined
1982	10 000 000				$ 0.29				5%
1983	60 000 000	$ 0.27	$ 0.27	$ 0.27	$ 0.43	$ 0.46	$ 0.70	$ 0.78	96%

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