{"id":49587,"date":"2026-04-17T11:41:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=49587"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:41:35","slug":"zimbabwe-new-20-zig-note-b207-reported-for-introduction-07-04-2026-duplicate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=49587","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe new 50-zig note (B208) confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Unveiled on 3 March 2026, these ZiG notes have upgraded security features and new designs featuring the \u201cBig 5\u201d animals of Zimbabwe. They also feature graduated sizes and intaglio horizontal lines at left\/right front for easier identification by the sight impaired. The three lower denominations\u2014along with 2- and 5-zig coins\u2014were issued on 7 April 2026 to help facilitate making small change for retail purchases, with the two larger denominations to follow \u201cwhen conditions allow.\u201d The preceding 10- and 20-zig notes\u2014the only denominations actually issued from that family\u2014continue to circulate, but are being withdrawn as they cycle through the banking system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1934\" height=\"860\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_50_ZiG_2026.00.00_B208a_PNL_AA_2775801_f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_50_ZiG_2026.00.00_B208a_PNL_AA_2775801_f.jpg 1934w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_50_ZiG_2026.00.00_B208a_PNL_AA_2775801_f-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_50_ZiG_2026.00.00_B208a_PNL_AA_2775801_f-768x342.jpg 768w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_50_ZiG_2026.00.00_B208a_PNL_AA_2775801_f-1536x683.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_50_ZiG_2026.00.00_B208a_PNL_AA_2775801_f-465x207.jpg 465w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_50_ZiG_2026.00.00_B208a_PNL_AA_2775801_f-695x309.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1934px) 100vw, 1934px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1938\" height=\"876\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_50_ZiG_2026.00.00_B208a_PNL_AA_2775801_r.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_50_ZiG_2026.00.00_B208a_PNL_AA_2775801_r.jpg 1938w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_50_ZiG_2026.00.00_B208a_PNL_AA_2775801_r-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_50_ZiG_2026.00.00_B208a_PNL_AA_2775801_r-768x347.jpg 768w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_50_ZiG_2026.00.00_B208a_PNL_AA_2775801_r-1536x694.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_50_ZiG_2026.00.00_B208a_PNL_AA_2775801_r-465x210.jpg 465w, https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Zimbabwe_RBZ_50_ZiG_2026.00.00_B208a_PNL_AA_2775801_r-695x314.jpg 695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1938px) 100vw, 1938px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>B208<\/strong> (PNL): <strong>50 zig (Zimbabwe gold)<\/strong><br>Green. Front: English text; Zimbabwe bird on star as registration device; rhinoceros; Zimbabwe bird on star as PEAK device; Chiremba balancing rocks in Epworth; gold bars. Back: English text; gold bars in gold-to-green ColorShift; Kariba dam; Zimbabwe bird on star as registration device<em>.<\/em> Solid security thread with demetalized <em>50 ZIG<\/em>. Watermark: Zimbabwe bird and electrotype <em>50<\/em>. Printer: (Unknown). Dimensions unknown. Paper.<br>a. Harare. 2026. Sig. 7: Mushayavanhu. Intro: Expected 07.04.2026.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Courtesy of Alex Zlotin and Claudio Marana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unveiled on 3 March 2026, these ZiG notes have upgraded security features and new designs featuring the \u201cBig 5\u201d animals of Zimbabwe. They also feature graduated sizes and intaglio horizontal lines at left\/right front for easier identification by the sight impaired. The three lower denominations\u2014along with 2- and 5-zig coins\u2014were<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=49587\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,337],"tags":[45],"class_list":["entry","author-owenink","post-49587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-africa","category-new-note","tag-zimbabwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49587"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49887,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49587\/revisions\/49887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}