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10 Nouveaux Zaïres
| Issuer | Banque du Zaïre |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 10 Nouveaux Zaires (10 ZRN) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of President Mobutu Sese Seko in military dress uniform and cap occupies the right portion of the note, accompanied by the state coat of arms in a circular guilloche vignette at lower right. The centre carries the large numeral '10' over a fine guilloche underprint in teal and olive tones, with the date 24-6-1993 below, and a leaping leopard vignette at lower centre. The bank title 'BANQUE DU ZAÏRE' and denomination 'DIX NOUVEAUX ZAÏRES' are inscribed in banner panels across the upper centre, with the Governor's signature and an ornate open-book emblem to the lower left. |
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| Protection description | Watermark portrait of President Mobutu Sese Seko |
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By 1993, the Zaïrean currency had entered a phase of collapse so severe that the central bank was issuing notes in denominations that would have been unimaginable a decade earlier. The "nouveau zaïre" redenomination — introduced that same year at 1 new unit to 3,000,000 old zaïres — was a desperate accounting exercise rather than any structural fix. Inflation continued regardless, and this note was obsolete in practical purchasing power within months of issue.
Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig facility, the former East German operation absorbed after reunification, handled production. The watermark is the sole security feature — thin protection for a currency few trusted.