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Weird Coin from Zambia.

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The silver Proof 5000 Kwacha coin issued by Zambia to commemorate the 2000 Sydney Olympics is one of the strangest shaped coins ever issued. The unusual coin was made in the shape of the conjoined maps of Australia and Zambia Though Australia is approximately ten times the size of Zambia, the two are shown to be roughly the same area on the coin. The countries are joined together, with northern Zambia being attached to Northern Australia, even though the countries are halfway around the world from each other! A shaded area on both the obverse and reverse represents a gap between the two maps. The obverse of the 2000 dated coin features Queen Elizabeth, the Zambian coat-of-arms and the famous Sydney Opera house. The reverse shows a field of six runners completing a track event. The large size coin is approximately 49mm x 42mm and contains approximately one troy ounce of silver. It is certainly one of the strangest looking coins around.

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Posted on Thursday, November 9th, 2006 at 1:01 am
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