Catalog
| Issuer | Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Printer | Fidelity Printers and Refiners, Harare, Zimbabwe |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by an intaglio-printed vignette set within a circular guilloche surround, depicting a herd of three African elephants — one large adult in the foreground with two younger animals behind — traversing open savannah grassland. The denomination numeral '500' appears in bold letterpress at both the upper left and lower right, with 'RESERVE BANK OF ZIMBABWE' inscribed across the top. A vertical security strip with repeated '500' numerals and triangular motifs runs along the left margin. |
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| Signature(s) | Dr. G. Gono (Sig.8) |
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| Protection description | Embedded security thread running vertically through the note; watermark visible when held to light; optically variable colour-shifting ink used for the Zimbabwe Bird emblem on the obverse. |
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