20 Ngwee

20 Ngwee - obverse20 Ngwee - reverse

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Features

Issuer Zambia
Period Republic (1964-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1968-1988
Value 20 Ngwee (0.20 ZMK)
Currency Kwacha (1968-2012)
Composition Nickel brass (60% Copper, 20% Nickel, 20% Zinc)
Weight 11.31 g
Diameter 28.5 mm
Thickness 2.1 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 1 July 2013
Number
N#
9878
References KM# 13,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Schön# 13
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

President Kenneth Kaunda facing right, date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ZAMBIA
1968

Reverse

Bohor Reedbuck, value below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20
TWENTY
NGWEE

Edge

Reeded

Mints

Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)
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.

 

Of the coins dated 1968, 14,500,000 were minted in 1967 and 1,500,000 in 1968.
Of the coins dated 1988, an additional 3,000,000 were minted in 1990.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1968  16 000 000 $ 0.38 $ 0.77 $ 0.84 $ 1.50 $ 1.70 $ 2.50 71% London Mint; Minted in 1967-1968
1968  4 000 $ 3.70 1.5% London Mint; Proof
1972  7 500 000 $ 0.32 $ 0.74 $ 0.94 $ 0.97 30% Llantrisant Mint
1978  24 000 $ 2.50 2% Llantrisant Mint; Proof
1983  998 000 0.5% Llantrisant Mint
1987  0.4% Llantrisant Mint
1988  3 000 000 $ 0.58 $ 0.92 $ 0.95 $ 0.95 16% Llantrisant Mint

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