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{{Infobox banknote
| denomination = Fifty [[Zambian kwacha|Kwacha]]
| country  = Zambia
| value   = K50
| unit    = 
| width_mm = 145
| height_mm= 70
| weight_g= 
| security_features= Holograms , multi-colours, embedded strips, microprinting, watermarks and different types of optically variable inks, and the use of design features which prevent counterfeiting by photocopying or scanning.
| paper_type= Paper
| years_of_printing   = 2013-present
| nature_of_rarity    = 
| estimated_value     = <!-- for rare banknotes -->
| obverse             = Zambia P-55 O.jpg
| obverse_design   = [[African Fish Eagle|Eagle]], [[Ficus sycomorus|Sycomorus]] , [[ Coat of arms of Zambia|Coat of arms]]
| obverse_designer    = 
| obverse_design_date = 2013
| reverse             = Zambia P-55 R.jpg
| reverse_design= [[List of Presidents of Zambia |Five past Presidents]], [[Bank of Zambia|BOZ]] Headquarters, Freedom Statue
| reverse_designer=
| reverse_design_date = 2014
}}

The '''Bank of Zambia K50 note''' is a denomination of the [[Zambian kwacha|Zambian currency]]. The current paper note, was first issued in 2013 and in 2014 a new note was released a commemorative note to commemorate Zambia's 50th Independence anniversary.
The commemorative note no the reverse features portraits of the
[[presidents of Zambia]] since independence in [[Zambia Independence Act 1964|1964]] and until 2014 while the other normal note features the an [[African leopard]] other features on the note are the [[Bank of Zambia]] Headquarters, and the Freedom Statue in [[Lusaka]].
The Obverse features [[African fish eagle]] perched on a branch the Coat of arms , a dove , African fish eagle's head and the Big Tree National Monument in
[[Kabwe]].<ref>[http://colnect.com/en/banknotes/banknote/13468-1_Kwacha-1973_ND_Birth_of_the_Second_Republic_Commemorative_Issue-Zambia 1973 ND "Birth of the Second Republic" Commemorative Issue - Issued Note from Colnect.com]</ref><ref>[http://colnect.com/en/banknotes/banknote/13469-1_Kwacha-1973_ND_Birth_of_the_Second_Republic_Commemorative_Issue-Zambia 1973 ND "Birth of the Second Republic" Commemorative Issue - Specimen from Colnect.com]</ref><ref>[http://colnect.com/en/banknotes/banknote/53129-50_Kwacha-2014_50th_Anniversary_of_Independence_Commemorative_Issue-Zambia 2014 "50th Anniversary of Independence" Commemorative Issue from Colnect.com]</ref>

==Commemorative banknote==
{{main| Zambian kwacha#Commemorative banknotes}}

On October 23, 2014, one day before the celebrations of the [[Zambia#Independence|independence day]], the Bank of Zambia revealed its second ever commemorative banknote. A Fifty Kwacha banknote was issued commemorating the 50th Independence Anniversary. Unlike the previous commemorative banknotes and coins of Zambia, the new commemorative banknote was the first commemorative banknote allowed in circulation as a [[legal tender]] in the country, bearing the same features of the existing Fifty Kwacha bills.<ref>[https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=8789 Zambia Daily Mail - Presidents ‘unite’ on new K50]</ref>

==References==

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==External links==
* [http://worldcoinnews.blogspot.com/2012/09/zambia-2012-new-coin-family.html New Zambian coinage dated 2012]
* [http://chalochatu.org/Fifty_Kwacha Fifty Kwacha on Chalo Chatu]

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