| Issuer | Zaire (1971-1997) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | 500 000 Nouveaux Zaires (500 000 ZRN) |
| Currency | New Zaire (1993-1998) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 159 × 74 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date) |
| No. printed | |
| Designer(s) | |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | 20 June 1999 |
| Reference(s) | P#78 |
| Obverse description | Green on multicolour underprint. Blank area for watermark and security strip at left, large numeral 500.000 and fish at centre, Mobutu Sese Seko and coat of arms of Zaire at right. |
| Reverse description | Green on multicolour underprint. Map of the country and printer`s imprint at left, boat with four people at centre, blank area for watermark at right. |
| Signature(s) | |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Mobutu |
| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DU ZAÏRE
CINQ CENT MILLE NOUVEAUX ZAÏRES
500.000
25 · 10 · 1996
LE GOUVERNEUR
J4052275A
J4052275A
JUSTICE PAIX TRAVAIL
500.000 NZ (Translation: Bank of Zaire Five hundred thousand new zaires 500 000 25th of October of 1996 The Governor J4052275A J4052275A Justice, Peace, Labour 500 000 NZ) |
| Reverse lettering | CINQ CENT MILLE NOUVEAUX ZAÏRES
500.000
500.000 NZ
GIESECKE & DEVRIENT MUNICH
BANQUE DU ZAÏRE
LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PENALE (Translation: Five hundred thousand new zaïres 500 000 500 000 NS Giesecke & Devrient, Munich Bank of Zaire The counterfeiter is punished by penal servitude) |
| Variants | Signatures 2007: Hamad Ibn Saud Al Sayari; Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Assaf. 2009: Muhammad Al Jasser; Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Assaf. 2012: Fahad Al Mubarak; Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah al-Assaf. |
| Catalog ID | 3646774610 |
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