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50 Makuta
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Congo |
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| Year | 1967-1970 |
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| Value | 50 Makuta (0.50 ZRZ) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of President Mobutu Sese Seko in military uniform, shown in right profile, occupies the right half of the note against a fine intaglio guilloche underprint. The left half bears a vignette of the Stade Tata Raphaël in Kinshasa rendered in aerial perspective, flanked by the interlaced BNC monogram at left. The denomination "50 MAKUTA" appears in large letterpress at upper left and upper right, with the date and Governor's signature positioned at centre bottom. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE NATIONALE DU CONGO CINQUANTE MAKUTA 50 MAKUTA LE GOUVERNEUR LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PENALE |
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The Banque Nationale du Congo replaced the Banque Centrale du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi as the sole currency authority following independence, and this series reflects that transitional period when the institution was still establishing its own visual and monetary identity. Thomas De La Rue's involvement was typical of Francophone African central banks in the 1960s — the London firm held contracts across the continent simultaneously, which occasionally created scheduling delays that affected release dates within a stated year range.
The makuta subunit itself had a short official life. Congo redenominated in 1967, introducing the zaïre at 1,000 francs, with the makuta as one-hundredth of that new unit. This note thus belongs to the opening years of that system, before the inflationary pressures of the Mobutu era rendered small-denomination paper effectively worthless in daily commerce.