MK100 — One Hundred Kwacha
The artwork
Front: Kenneth Kaunda at right, smiling in an open-necked safari suit — the founding president, still on the money at the very end of his time in office. At left an African fish eagle stoops with wings raised; palm trees fill the middle ground behind the promise to pay. The arms of Zambia sit centre-bottom on the motto scroll "One Zambia, One Nation", with the serial number set vertically in red.
Back: Victoria Falls across the whole width, the gorge in purple and slate with a faint rainbow arcing over the spray. In front of it stands the Freedom Statue from Lusaka — the figure breaking the chains that commemorates independence. A Cape buffalo's head fills the lower left corner, and a fish's tail curls into the right margin. "ONE HUNDRED KWACHA" runs along a panel beneath.
In circulation
The Kaunda portrait notes were the last of the one-party era; after his defeat in the 1991 elections his face was dropped and the fish eagle promoted to the main portrait on all Bank of Zambia notes from 1992. Inflation then pushed the 100 Kwacha to the bottom of the range before the 2013 rebasing retired it.
Details
- IssuerBank of Zambia
- CurrencyKwacha (MK)
- DenominationOne Hundred Kwacha
- Collectedon the Malawi journey, 1992
- SeriesKaunda portrait issue, "One Zambia, One Nation"
- SignatureA single signature, for the Governor
- SecurityVertical red serial at left, black horizontal serial at lower right (prefix AB)