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500 Zaïres
| Issuer | Banque du Zaïre |
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| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of President Mobutu Sese Seko in military dress uniform with peaked cap, positioned to the right, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint in orange, green and teal tones. A running leopard in intaglio occupies the lower centre, accompanied by a large latent-image numeral 500 in the middle field and a circular bank seal to the lower right. The bank title BANQUE DU ZAIRE and denomination CINQ CENTS ZAIRES appear in the upper portion, with the issue date and governor's signature below the central vignette. |
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| Reverse description | Intaglio vignette of the Matadi suspension bridge spanning the Congo River, rendered in brown tones and occupying the left half of the note against a lightly guilloche background with hilly landscape. The right half carries an intricate multicolour geometric underprint in orange and teal with a large interlaced numeral 500 at upper right. The bank title BANQUE DU ZAIRE is inscribed in a panel at lower left, with the printer's imprint HOTEL DES MONNAIES-ZAIRE below the bridge vignette and a counterfeiting warning legend at upper right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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