FAUNA ON BANKNOTES - AFRICA: Zaire
Zaire pick 21b: 5 Zaires from 1977
24.11.1977. Green, black, brown and multicolor. Mobutu with cap at left, leopard at lower right facing right. Various date and signature varieties. Back: Carving at left, hydroelectric dam at center right. Watermark: Mobutu. Printer: G&D.
Collectors Comment: obv.: leopard
Zaire pick 27A: 10 Zaires from 1985
27.10.1985. Green, black and multicolor. Mobutu in civilian dress at center right, leopard at lower left facing left. Back: Arms with hand holding torch. Watermark: Mobutu in civilian dress. Printer: HdMZ.
Collectors Comment: obv.: leopard
Zaire pick 32a: 50 Zaires from 1988
30.6.1988. Green and multicolor. Mobutu in military dress at right, leopard at lower left center facing left, arms at lower right. Back: Blue and multicolor. Men fishing with stick nets at left. Watermark: Mobutu in military dress. Printer: HdMZ.
Collectors Comment: obverse: leopard, rev.: fish
Zaire pick 40a: 50000 Zaires from 1991
24.4.1991. Wine and blue-black on multicolor underprint. Mobutu in military dress at right, leopard at lower left center facing left, arms at lower right. Back: Family of Western Gorillas. Watermark: Mobutu in military dress. Printer: G&D. Replacement notes: Serial number prefix Z.
Collectors Comment: rev.: gorrillas
Zaire pick 51: 50 Nouveau Makuta from 1993
24.6.1993. Brown-orange on light green and multicolor underprint. Mobutu in military dress at right, arms at lower right, leopard at lower left. Back: Chieftain at left, men fishing with stick nets at center. Watermark: Mobutu. Printer: HdMZ (CdM-A).
Collectors Comment: obv.: leopard