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1 Zaïre
| Issuer | Banque du Zaïre |
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| Year | 1979-1981 |
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| Reference(s) | P#19 |
| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of President Mobutu Sese Seko in an oval guilloche vignette at left centre, wearing his characteristic leopard-skin toque and glasses, a ceremonial staff held before him. The national coat of arms appears in a small circular vignette at lower left, and a leaping leopard vignette occupies the lower right. The large numeral "1" and the denomination "UN ZAIRE" are printed in multicolour guilloche at right, with the issue date and governor's signature below. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette composed of an elephant tusk, tropical foliage with blossoms, and a sheaf of crops in the foreground, with an industrial factory chimney emitting smoke and a conical slag heap in the background, all set against a finely engraved multicolour guilloche underprint. A large guilloche rosette bearing "ZAÏRE" occupies the right field, and an interlaced "ZB" monogram rosette appears at lower left. The printer's imprint of Giesecke & Devrient Munich is present at the bottom centre. |
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| Protection description | "1 ZAIRE" and portrait of President Mobutu Sese Seko, visible in the unprinted paper area |
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