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Zambian kwacha

Zambian kwacha: a currency still in use.

Dates in use
Still in use; introduction date not established here
Currency code
ZMW
Ancestry branch
Sterling
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The story

The Bank of Zambia dates the kwacha's rebasing by a factor of 1, 000 to 1 January 2013. [1]

Turning points

Decimal currency introduction reported

The same table dates the kwacha to 16 January 1968, at two original-scale kwacha per Zambian pound. [2]

Redenominated as

One 2013-scale unit equals 1, 000 original-scale units. [3] [4]

Sources and evidence

  1. Bank of Zambia · Annual Report 2019 C578 ↗
  2. Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 — Zambia entry C627 ↗
  3. Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 — Zambia entry C628 ↗
  4. Deutsche Bundesbank · Metadata on the Exchange Rate Statistics, 24 September 2025 — Zambia entry C629 ↗

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“Zambian kwacha.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000203.html

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