Front: Coat of arms (24 October 1964)
between (year, left) 20 (right) 10
legend: (top, publisher) BANK OF ZAMBIA
(bottom, value) 1000 KWACHA
Back: Circular colored appliquet with Scorpion
(left, Leiurus quinquestriatus, deathstalker)
legend: (top, subject) DEADLY BUGS
(bottom, animal) SCORPION
Edge: G - grained, type: bars
Note: Scorpion stings are painful but are usually harmless,
of the 1,000+ known species of scorpion, only 25 have venom
that is deadly to humans