Skip to main content

Zaire - 5 Nouveaux Makuta - P-48 - Group of 10 Notes - 1993 dated Foreign Paper Money

Inv# FM1225   Foreign Paper Money Cat# P-48
Country: Zaire
Denomination: 5 Nouveaux Makuta
Years: 1993

Group of 10 Notes. Foreign Paper Money. Leopard, Mobutu in military dress, arms/Independence Monument. The zaire (French: zaïre, code ZRZ, ZRN) was the unit of currency of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and then of the Republic of Zaire from 1967 until 1997. All but six of the 79 series of banknotes issued bear the image of Mobutu Sese Seko. two distinct currencies have existed: The zaire (1967–1993, ZRZ), and the nouveau zaïre (1993–1998, ZRN).

The Zaire (French: Zaïre), symbol: "Z", or sometimes "?", was introduced in 1967, replacing the Congolese franc at an exchange rate of 1 zaire = 1000 francs. The zaire was subdivided into 100 makuta (singular: likuta, symbol: "K", initially and coincidentally equal to one Belgian franc), each of 100 sengi (symbol: "s", initially equal to one Belgian centime). However, the sengi was worth very little and the only sengi denominated coin was the 10 sengi coin issued in 1967. Unusually for any currency, it was common practice to write cash amounts with three zeros after the decimal place, even after rampant money printing and the ensuing inflation had greatly devalued the currency. Inflation eventually caused denominations of banknotes up to 5,000,000 zaires to be issued, after which the new zaire was introduced. Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaire_(currency)

Read More

Read Less

Condition: Crisp Uncirculated
Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
Price: $10.00