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20 Zaires Hotel Intercontinental
| Issuer | Banque du Zaïre |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Value | 20 Zaires (20 ZRZ) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Detailed architectural view of the Hotel Inter-Continental Kinshasa, depicted in a three-quarter perspective showing the main high-rise tower and surrounding low-rise wings with landscaped grounds in the foreground. The legend HOTEL INTER-CONTINENTAL KINSHASA arcs along the upper periphery, with the denomination 20 ZAIRES and date 1971 positioned along the lower rim. |
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Issued to commemorate the opening of the Hotel Intercontinental in Kinshasa, this piece belongs to a broader suite of gold commemoratives released by Mobutu Sese Seko's government in the early years of Zaïre — the state he had renamed from the Democratic Republic of the Congo just months prior in October 1971. The renaming was central to his "Authenticité" campaign, a cultural and political program demanding Africanization of names, dress, and institutions.
The Banque du Zaïre itself had only been established that same year, making this among its earliest issued commemoratives.