Port of Matadi at right center. Serial number in black at bottom left, horizontal. Serial number in red at top left, vertical.
Reverse description
Kinsuka bridge. 50th Anniversary of Independence logo at lower right.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Head of an Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) - relative of a giraffe that
resembles a zebra.
Obverse lettering
500F
CINQ CENTS FRANCS
BANQUE CENTRALE DU CONGO (Translation: Five Hundred Francs Central Bank of Congo)
Reverse lettering
500F
CINQUANTENAIRE DE L`INDEPENDANCE 1960-2010
BANQUE CENTRALE DU CONGO
MIA TANO
NKAMA ITANU
NKAMA MITANO
NKAMA TANU
PONT DE KINSUKA
LA CONTRAFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PENALE