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Congo - Zaire banknotes
Congo-Zaire paper money catalog and Congonese currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Belgian Congo currency, till 1962
  • Congolese Franc = 100 Centimes, 1962-1997
  • Zaire = (1.000 Congolese Francs) = 100 Centimes, 1967-1993
  • new Zaire = (3.000.000 old Zaires) = 100 Makuta, 1993-1998
  • Congo Franc = (100.000 Zaires) = 100 Centimes, from 1998

• For earlier issues see:
  • Belgium Congo, 1876--1960
• For seceded Katanga issues see:
  • Katanga, 1960-1962

• To purchase Congo-Zaire banknotes, please check our inventory :
  World banknotes countries A-Z

Pick #	Date
		Congo Democratic Republic, from 1960 (Belgium Congo, 1876-1960)
1-3	1962-63	100, 1.000, 5.000 francs
4-8	1961-64	20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 francs
9-13	1967	10, 20, 50 Makuta, 1, 5 Zaires
14-15	1971	5, 10 Zaires
		Zaire
16-25	1972-80	50, 50 Makuta, 1, 1, 5, 5, 5, 10, 10, 50 Zaires
26-31	1982-85	5, 5, 10, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 Zaires
32-44	1988-92	50, 100, 500, 1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000, 50.000, 100.000, 200.000, 500.000, 1.000.000, 5.000.000 Zaires
47-79	1993-94	1, 5, 10, 50 new Makuta, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 new Zaires
59-79	1994-96	50, 100, 200, 500, 500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000, 50.000, 100.000, 100.000, 100.000, 500.000, 1.000.000 new Zaires
		Congo Republic
80-90	1997	1, 5, 10, 20, 50 centimes, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 francs
91-92	2000	50, 100 francs
93-96	2000-3	10, 20, 20, 200, 200, 500 francs
97-99	2007	50, 100, 200 francs
100	2010	500 francs; commemorative "50 anniversary of Congo Democratic Republic"
101-	2005-6 (2012)	1.000, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000 francs

		Regional validation hand stamps
R3-4	(198-)	5, 10 Zaire, etc.