Zanzibar 500 Rupees 2017 Private Release

500 Rupees 2017 – Private release (Front: Portrait of Freddie Mercury (Farrókh Bulsará) (1946–1991). Dhow. Back: Dhow in a Zanzibar harbour. Watermark: Buns and diamonds. Security features: Watermark. Consecutively running black horizontal serial numbers on the obverse of the banknote. Coloured filament fibers (hairs) fluoresce while exposed to an ultraviolet light. Main colours: Navy blue and multicolour. Signature: Yes (Treasurer). Artist: Matej Gabriš. Date of printing: 2017. Printing method: Offset. Material: Cotton fiber paper. Released by: Matej Gabriš. Printer: Undisclosed. Total production: 1250 pieces.

Dimensions: 147 x 78 mm

Catalogue Number: N/a

Texts: The Zanzibar Government promises to pay the Bearer on Demand the Sum of Five Hundred Rupees. Stone Town, 2017.