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500 Zaïres
| Issuer | Banque du Zaïre |
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| Year | 1984-1985 |
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| Printer | Giesecke & Devrient, Munich, Germany |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 Cinq Cents Zaïres 500 BANQUE DU ZAÏRE LE GOUVERNEUR |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Zaïre's currency was in freefall through the mid-1980s, with inflation running well into triple digits annually. The 500 Zaïres denomination, substantial on paper, was already losing practical value almost as fast as Giesecke & Devrient could deliver the sheets from Munich. By the end of the decade, denominations in the hundreds of thousands would be necessary for everyday transactions.
P#30 carries a single watermark as its sole security provision — modest by contemporary international standards, though consistent with the series. G&D's Munich plant had a long relationship with Zaïre's central bank across multiple issues of this period.