Catalog
10 Zaïres Provisional issue
| Issuer | Banque du Zaïre |
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| Year | 1972-1977 |
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| Value | 10 Zaires (10 ZRZ) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of President Mobutu Sese Seko in military uniform at left within a cartouche, flanked by the national arms; a leopard vignette at lower right. The denomination DIX ZAÏRES is printed in large intaglio numerals at centre, with a guilloche underprint in blue and green tones. A local circular handstamp of the Sous-Région du Kwilu is applied in blue ink over the face of the note. |
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| Reverse description | The national arms of Zaïre — a shield bearing a flaming torch on a green and yellow ground, encircled by a sunburst motif in red and green — is centred on a fine guilloche underprint. The Banque du Zaïre monogram appears at lower left, with the denomination numeral 10 and the word ZAÏRES repeated in the corners against a multi-colour geometric background. |
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This provisional issue was created by overprinting existing Zaïre banknote stock — the "R" prefix in the Pick reference denotes a reissued or provisional type, used when the Banque du Zaïre needed to extend circulation of a denomination without commissioning an entirely new printing. Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig facility had a long relationship with the Mobutu-era central bank, supplying notes through much of the Zaïre period.
The decade-long date span reflects deliberate ambiguity in the issuing records rather than a prolonged print run — precise dates on provisional overprint issues from this period are notoriously difficult to pin down.