Democratic Republic of the Congo · DR Congo · 1977
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Issued by the Banque du Zaïre and dated 27 October 1977. The front shows President Mobutu Sese Seko in uniform with decorations, the national arms and a leaping leopard. The back shows a hand holding a flaming torch, the emblem of Mobutu's ruling party, within a decorative frame. The zaïre was introduced in 1967 and steadily lost value through the 1980s and 1990s.