Zambia P-43

Country or State: ZAMBIA
Currency: Zambian kwacha (ISO 4217 Code: ZMK)

P-43d
Value: 500 kwacha
Dimension: 140 × 70 mm
Features

Obverse:

African fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer); baobab tree

Reverse:

Head of an African elephant; cotton picking; Liberty Statue

Material: Polymer
Watermark: Head of an African fish-eagle
Clear window: Bird
Date: 2005
Issued by: Bank of Zambia
Printer: Canadian Bank Note Company

Zambia P-37

Country or State: ZAMBIA
Currency: Zambian kwacha (ISO 4217 Code: ZMK)

P-37a
Value: 50 kwacha
Dimension: 140 × 70 mm
Features

Obverse:

African fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer); sausage trees; feathers

Reverse:

Copper refining at Nkana Mine; Liberty Monument; Head of a zebra

Watermark: Head of an African fish-eagle
Date: 1992
Issued by: Bank of Zambia
Printer: Thomas de la Rue and Company, Ltd., England

Zambia P-36

Country or State: ZAMBIA
Currency: Zambian kwacha (ISO 4217 Code: ZMK)

P-36a
Value: 20 kwacha
Dimension: 140 × 70 mm
Features

Obverse:

African fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer); trees

Reverse:

State House (Presidential Palace) in Lusaka; Liberty Monument; Deer's head

Watermark: Head of an African fish-eagle
Date: 1992
Issued by: Bank of Zambia
Printer: Thomas de la Rue and Company, Ltd., England

Zambia P-28

Country or State: ZAMBIA
Currency: Zambian kwacha (ISO 4217 Code: ZMK)

P-28a
Value: 50 kwacha
Features

Obverse:

Kenneth David Kaunda (born 1924), first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991; African fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), the national bird of Zambia; flowers; Coat of Arms. 

Reverse:

National Assembly building in Lusaka; Liberty (Chain-breaker) Monument

Watermark: Profile portrait of Kenneth Kaunda
Signature: Dr. L. S. Chivuno (Governor; in office 1986-1988)
Date: ND (1986-1988)
Issued by: Bank of Zambia
Printer: Thomas de la Rue and Company, Ltd., England

Zambia P-25

Country or State: ZAMBIA
Currency: Zambian kwacha (ISO 4217 Code: ZMK)

P-25d
Value: 5 kwacha
Dimension: 138 × 70 mm
Features

Obverse:

Kenneth David Kaunda (born 1924), first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991; African fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), the national bird of Zambia; flowers; Coat of Arms. 

Reverse:

Kariba Dam 

Watermark: Profile portrait of Kenneth Kaunda
Signature: Dr. L. S. Chivuno (Governor; in office 1986-1988)
Date: ND (1980-1988)
Issued by: Bank of Zambia
Printer: Thomas de la Rue and Company, Ltd., England

Zambia P-24

Country or State: ZAMBIA
Currency: Zambian kwacha (ISO 4217 Code: ZMK)

P-24c
Value: 2 kwacha
Dimension: 133 × 68 mm
Features

Obverse:

Kenneth David Kaunda (born 1924), first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991; African fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), the national bird of Zambia; flowers; Coat of Arms. 

Reverse:

Education: teacher with student and a school building

Watermark: Profile portrait of Kenneth Kaunda
Signature: Dr. L. S. Chivuno (Governor; in office 1986-1988)
Date: ND (1980-1988)
Issued by: Bank of Zambia
Printer: Thomas de la Rue and Company, Ltd., England

Zaire P-49

Country or State: ZAIRE*
Currency: Zairean new zaire (ISO 4217 Code: ZRN)
*) The Republic of Zaire was the name of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo between 27 October 1971 and 17 May 1997. Click here to see Democratic Republic of the Congo banknotes. 

P-49
Value: 10 nouveaux makuta (0.10 new zaire)
Dimension: 159 × 79 mm
Features

Obverse:

Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-1997), born Joseph Desire Mobutu, the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (also known as Zaire for much of his reign) from 1965 until his overthrown in 1997; leaping leopard; coat of arms. 

Reverse:

Elephant tusks; flowers; cornucopia fruits; smoking chimney of a factory; pyramidal structures

Watermark: Mobutu Sese Seko
Date: 24 June 1993
Signature: Buhendwa Bwa Mushaba (Governor)
Issued by: Bank of Zaire
Printer: Hotel des Monnaies, Zaire 

Tanzania P-41

Country or State: TANZANIA
Currency: Tanzanian shilling (ISO 4217 Code: TZS)

P-41
Value: 1,000 shillings
Dimension: 125 × 65 mm
Features

Obverse:

Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922-1999), first President of Tanzania from 1964 until 1985. 

Reverse:

State House in Dar es Salaam; Coffee plant; head of a giraffe

Watermark: Julius Nyerere; electrotype 1000
Date: ND (2010)
Date of Release: 1 January 2011
Issued by: Bank of Tanzania
Printer: Thomas de la Rue and Company, Ltd., England 

Tanzania P-40

Country or State: TANZANIA
Currency: Tanzanian shilling (ISO 4217 Code: TZS)

P-40
Value: 500 shillings
Dimension: 120 × 60 mm
Features

Obverse:

Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume (1905-1972), the first President of Zanzibar. 

Reverse:

Nkrumah Hall at the University of Dar es Salaam; Aesculap's Rod; Student graduation procession; head of a giraffe

Watermark: Julius Nyerere; electrotype 500
Date: ND (2010)
Date of Release: 1 January 2011
Issued by: Bank of Tanzania
Printer: Crane Currency AB, Sweden 

Tanzania P-35

Country or State: TANZANIA
Currency: Tanzanian shilling (ISO 4217 Code: TZS)

P-35
Value: 500 shillings
Dimension: 130 × 63 mm
Features

Obverse:

Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)

Reverse:

Nkrumah Hall at the University of Dar es Salaam; sailing boats; Aesculap's rod

Watermark: Head of a giraffe
Date: ND (2003)
Issued by: Benki Kuu Ya Tanzania (Bank of Tanzania)

Sudan P-64

Country or State: SUDAN
Currency: Sudanese pound (ISO 4217 Code: SDG)

P-64
Value: 1 pound
Dimension: 139 × 64 mm
Features

Obverse:

Pigeon; Central Bank of Sudan modern buildings; outline map of Sudan

Reverse:

Pigeons (Peace Vision)

Watermark: Pigeon
Date: 9 July 2006
Signature: Sabir Mohammed Hassan (Governor)
Issued by: Central Bank of Sudan

Sudan P-44

Country or State: SUDAN
Currency: Sudanese pound (ISO 4217 Code: SDP)

P-44b
Value: 100 pound
Dimension: 161 × 80 mm
Features

Obverse:

Arms and building of the University of Khartoum; Coat of Arms with outline map of Sudan in it; an open book

Reverse:

Bank of Sudan building in Khartoum; coin

Watermark: Coat of Arms of Sudan
Date: 1989
Signature: Mahdi El Faki El Sheikh (Governor)
Issued by: Bank of Sudan

Sudan P-46

Country or State: SUDAN
Currency: Sudanese pound (ISO 4217 Code: SDP)

P-46
Value: 10 pound
Dimension: 153 × 76 mm
Features

Obverse:

Shata Gate in Suakin (Sawakin); Meroitic and Arabic scripts; Coat of Arms with outline map of Sudan in it; wheat ear.

Reverse:

Bank of Sudan building in Khartoum; wheat ear.

Watermark: Coat of Arms of Sudan
Date: 1987
Signature: Said Ahmed Al-Sheikh (Governor)
Issued by: Bank of Sudan

Sudan P-39

Country or State: SUDAN
Currency: Sudanese pound (ISO 4217 Code: SDP)

P-39
Value: 1 pound
Dimension: 137 × 68 mm
Features

Obverse:

Cotton bolls; stylized candle and dish; Coat of Arms with outline map of Sudan in it 

Reverse:

Bank of Sudan building in Khartoum

Watermark: Coat of Arms of Sudan
Date: 1987
Signature: Ismail El-Misbah Mekki Hamad (Governor)
Issued by: Bank of Sudan

Seychelles P-37

Country or State: SEYCHELLES
Currency: Seychellois rupee (ISO 4217 Code: SCR)

P-37(2)
Value: 25 rupees  
Features

Obverse:

Wright's gardenia flower (Rothmannia annae), an endemic flora of Seychelles, found only on Aride Island Special Reserve. 

Reverse:

Bicentennial Monument in Victoria; coconut crab (Birgus latro); Seychelles blue pigeon (Alectroenas pulcherrima)

Watermark: Giant tortoise (Dipsochelys hololissa)
Date: ND (1998-2008)
Signature: Francis Chang Leng
Issued by: Central Bank of Seychelles

Rwanda P-29

Country or State: RWANDA
Currency: Rwandan franc (ISO 4217 Code: RWF)

P-29a
Value: 100 francs
Dimension: 130 × 65 mm
Features

Obverse:

Peasants plowing with Watusi bulls 

Reverse:

Lake Kivu at Kibuye

Watermark: Watusi (Intore) dancer
Date: 1 May 2003
Issued by: Banque Nationale du Rwanda

Nigeria P-NEW

Country or State: NIGERIA
Currency: Nigerian naira (ISO 4217 Code: NGN)

P-NEW (2)
Value: 50 naira
Dimension: 130 × 72 mm
Features

Obverse:

Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba men and a woman 

Reverse:

Local fishermen

Material: Polymer
Clear window: Logo of the Central Bank of Nigeria
Watermark: CBN
Signatures: Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; Benjamin C. Onyido
Date: 2009
Issued by: Central Bank of Nigeria
Printer: Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Limited

Nigeria P-NEW

Country or State: NIGERIA
Currency: Nigerian naira (ISO 4217 Code: NGN)

P-NEW (1)
Value: 10 naira
Dimension: 130 × 72 mm
Features

Obverse:

Alvan Ikoku (1900-1971), was a Nigerian educator, statesman, activist, and politician. 

Reverse:

Fulani milk maids

Material: Polymer
Clear window: Logo of the Central Bank of Nigeria
Watermark: CBN
Signatures: Charles Chukwuma Soludo; Benjamin C. Onyido
Date: 2009
Issued by: Central Bank of Nigeria
Printer: Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Limited

Nigeria P-NEW

Country or State: NIGERIA
Currency: Nigerian naira (ISO 4217 Code: NGN)

P-NEW (2)
Value: 5 naira
Dimension: 130 × 72 mm
Features

Obverse:

Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912-1966), was a Nigerian politician, and the only prime minister of an independent Nigeria from 1960 until his death. 

Reverse:

Nkpokiti dancers

Material: Polymer
Clear window: Logo of the Central Bank of Nigeria
Watermark: CBN
Signatures: Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; Benjamin C. Onyido
Date: 2009
Issued by: Central Bank of Nigeria
Printer: Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Limited

Nigeria P-34

Country or State: NIGERIA
Currency: Nigerian naira (ISO 4217 Code: NGN)

P-34d
Value: 20 naira
Dimension: 130 × 72 mm
Features

Obverse:

General Murtala Ramat Mohammed (1938-1976), a military ruler and Head of State (Head of the Federal Military Government) of Nigeria from 1975 until his assassination in 1976

Reverse:

Ladi Kwali (1925-1984), a Nigerian potter - the image features her pottery works

Material: Polymer
Clear window: Logo of the Central Bank of Nigeria
Watermark: CBN
Signatures: Charles Chukwuma Soludo; Benjamin C. Onyido
Date: 2008
Issued by: Central Bank of Nigeria
Printer: Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Limited

Mozambique P-130

Country or State: MOZAMBIQUE
Currency: Mozambique metical (ISO 4217 Code: MZM)

P-130b
Value: 100 meticais
Dimension: 141 × 68 mm
Features

Obverse:

Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane (1920-1969), President of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO) from 1962, the year FRELIMO was founded in Tanzania, until his assassination in 1969; Flag hoisting ceremony; Coat of Arms

Reverse:

Flag ceremony; Independence Monument in Maputo

Watermark: Not available
Date: 16 June 1983
Issued by: Republica Popular de Mocambique

Mozambique P-129

Country or State: MOZAMBIQUE
Currency: Mozambique metical (ISO 4217 Code: MZM)

P-129a
Value: 50 meticais
Dimension: 145 × 68 mm
Features

Obverse:

Military parade; soldiers; Coat of Arms

Reverse:

Soldiers in training

Watermark: Not available
Date: 16 June 1986
Issued by: Republica Popular de Mocambique/Banco de Mocambique

Mozambique P-117

Country or State: MOZAMBIQUE
Currency: Mozambique escudo

P-117a
Value: 100 escudos
Dimension: 165 × 84 mm
Features

Obverse:

Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (1837-1880), a Portuguese Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa from 1874 until his death

Attention: note the overprint "BANCO DE MOCAMBIQUE"

Reverse:

Logo of the Banco Nacional Ultramarino

Watermark: Coat of Arms of Portuguese Mozambique
Date: 27 March 1961; issued: 1976 (after Mozambique's independence from Portugal)
Issued by: Banco de Mocambique 
Revalidation: Overprint on Mozambique P-109

Mauritius P-49

Country or State: MAURITIUS
Currency: Mauritian rupee (ISO 4217 Code: MUR)

P-49a
Value: 25 rupees
Dimension: 135 × 66 mm
Features

Obverse:

Sir Moilin Jean Ah-chuen (1911-1991), Mauritian Chinese businessman and politician

Reverse:

Rodrigues Island

Watermark: Mauritian dodo (Raphus cucullatus)
Date: 1999
Issued by: Bank of Mauritius 
Remark: Order of languages are English-Tamil-Sanskrit (in accordance with the real number of speaker)

Malawi P-54

Country or State: MALAWI
Currency: Malawian kwacha (ISO 4217 Code: MWK)

P-54a
Value: 100 kwacha
Dimension: 150 × 75 mm
Features

Obverse:

John Chilembwe (1871-1915), a Baptist educator and an early figure in resistance to colonialism in Nyasaland, present day Malawi; Lake Malawi 

Reverse:
Capitol Hill, Lilongwe 

Watermark: John Chilembwe; numeral 100
Date: 31 October 2005
Issued by: Reserve Bank of Malawi
Remark: Ascending serial number at lower right