5 Zaïres

The Banque du Zaïre was established in 1964 following independence-era monetary reorganization, replacing the Banque Nationale du Congo. By the time this note entered production, Mobutu Sese Seko had renamed the country Zaïre (1971) and the currency unit itself — the zaïre — had been introduced in 1967 at a rate of one zaïre to one thousand old francs. Giesecke & Devrient supplied much of the printing for the series throughout the 1970s.

The 30.06.1975 date listed in contemporary catalogs has never been confirmed in a documented example — Pick's own notation flagged it as unverified, and no specimen has since surfaced to resolve the question.