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10 000 Zaïres
| Issuer | Banque du Zaïre |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Size | 155 × 75 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DU ZAÏRE DIX MILLE ZAÏRES 10000 LE GOUVERNEUR |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DU ZAÏRE LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PENALE 10000 |
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By 1989, Zaïre's inflation had been running at catastrophic levels for years — a direct consequence of Mobutu Sese Seko's systematic looting of state finances and the collapse of copper and cobalt revenues. The 10,000 Zaïre denomination, unthinkable at independence, had become a practical necessity for routine transactions. Giesecke & Devrient, printing in Leipzig during the final years of the DDR, supplied several African central banks during this period regardless of political alignment.
Pick 38 is relatively common in circulated grades; high-denomination notes from this series moved quickly and wore quickly.