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10 Zaïres
| Issuer | Banque du Zaïre |
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| Year | 1972-1977 |
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| Value | 10 Zaires (10 ZRZ) |
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| Reverse lettering | LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PÉNALE 10 10 10 ZAÏRES BZ 10 BANQUE DU ZAÏRE 10 (Translation: The counterfeiter is punished by penal servitude. 10 Zaires. The Bank of Zaire.) |
| Signature(s) | J. Sambwa Mbagui (Sig.3); Bofossa W. Amba (Sig.4) |
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The Banque du Zaïre was established in 1971 following Mobutu Sese Seko's renaming of the Democratic Republic of the Congo as Zaïre — part of his broader "authenticité" campaign to purge colonial nomenclature and recast national identity around an invented African past. The zaïre itself had been introduced in 1967 at a rate of 1 zaïre to 1,000 old francs, briefly a credible currency before chronic deficit spending began eroding it.
Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig facility was operating under East German state oversight during this period, making this an interesting Cold War-era printing commission from a nominally non-aligned African government.