Zambia 1975 5 ngwee
This specimen was lot 72859 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $75. The catalog description[1] noted, "ZAMBIA. 5 Ngwee, 1972. PCGS SPECIMEN-66 Gold Shield. Radiant and brilliant, with tremendous shimmering luster and a bold strike. Ex: Kings Norton Mint Collection." Zambia seceded from the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in October 1964. A set of sterling coinage was issued in 1966. Zambia converted to decimal coinage in 1969 and this type was issued 1968, 1972, 1978, 1982 and 1987, whereupon the denomination was suspended. Zambia has not issued any coinage for circulation since a five kwacha of 1992 (KM 31).
Recorded mintage: 9,000,000.
Specifications: 2.8 g, copper-nickel, 19.4 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-11.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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