On the back of the fifty-kwacha note a leopard sits beside the Bank of Zambia building: the issuer placed its own headquarters on one of the higher notes of the new kwacha. The composition is completed by the Freedom Statue in Lusaka, the «Chainbreaker».

The front shows the African fish eagle, Zambia's national bird, a tree, the coat of arms and a dove.

The note belongs to the first series of the new kwacha: on 1 January 2013 Zambia redenominated its currency, removing three zeros, and six notes from 2 to 100 kwacha dated 2012 entered circulation. Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda unveiled them the day before, on 31 December 2012; for six months old and new money circulated side by side.

Every denomination of the series was printed by the German firm Giesecke & Devrient; the watermark shows an eagle's head and the numeral of value. P53a is the first date of this denomination, 2012. This very design became the basis of the 2014 commemorative note for the 50th anniversary of independence.

The first date of the new fifty kwacha and the basis of the 2014 commemorative issue: a natural companion to the anniversary note in a Zambia collection. UNC condition means the note has never circulated: no folds, no wear, no soiling, even corners — just as it left the press.

Other banknotes of this country and issues on related themes can be found in the VPcoins catalogue.