Zaire (currency)

zaire, new zaire

zaïre (French) nouveau zaïre (French)
1 zaire banknote
ISO 4217
Code	ZRN before 1994: ZRZ
Unit
Unit	nouveau zaïre
Plural	nouveaux zaires
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄100	nouveau likuta
1⁄10,000	sengi
Plural
nouveau likuta	nouveaux makuta
Banknotes	New makuta: 1, 5, 10, 50 New zaire: 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 5000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, 100,000, 500,000, 1,000,000
Coins	None for new zaire
Demographics
User(s)	Zaire (modern DR Congo)
Issuance
Central bank	Bank of Zaire
This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.

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.^[1] Two distinct currencies existed: zaire (1967–1993, ZRZ), and nouveau zaïre (1993–1998, ZRN).