Z$20 — Twenty Dollars
The artwork
Front: Across the right, the granite Balancing Rocks at Epworth outside Harare — three weathered boulders stacked by erosion alone, rising out of low scrub. On the left a giraffe stands among msasa trees, browsing at the canopy. Between them the promise to pay, "TWENTY DOLLARS" in shaded capitals, the Governor's signature, and the place and date line: HARARE 1983. Serial DA 4945532 M appears twice.
Back: An African bull elephant, head-on and tusked, framed within an oval of engraved lines, with Victoria Falls behind: the sheer basalt lip, the curtain of water dropping into the gorge, and green bush clinging to the rim. Overhanging branches close the right-hand side. "RESERVE BANK OF ZIMBABWE" runs along the top, with large 20s in the bottom corners.
In circulation
Part of the first Zimbabwe dollar family introduced after independence, this twenty was printed through the 1980s and early 1990s before a wholly redesigned series took over from 1994. Later reprints and then the hyperinflation-era revaluations from 2006 onward swept the old notes away entirely.
Details
- IssuerReserve Bank of Zimbabwe
- CurrencyDollar (Z$)
- DenominationTwenty Dollars
- Collectedon the Zimbabwe journey, 1992
- SeriesFirst Zimbabwe dollar issue, dated Harare 1983
- SignatureK. J. Moyana, Governor
- WatermarkZimbabwe Bird