1000 Kwanzas

Features

Issuer	Angola
Issuing bank	National Bank of Angola
Period	Republic (1992-date)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	2012
Value	1000 Kwanzas 1000 AOA = USD 1.09
Currency	Second Kwanza (1999-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	162 × 65 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Issued	31 May 2013
Number	N# 207561
References	P# 156 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , TBB# 549 Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).

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Series: 2012 "Waterfalls on Back" Issue

Obverse

Jugate portraits of José Eduardo dos Santos in background and António Agostinho Neto in front; issung entity at top; vertical floral pattern design on right; denomination on top left and bottom right corners.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANCO NACIONAL DE ANGOLA
1000

Translation: National Bank of Angola

Reverse

Kalandula waterfalls, Denomination above, National Coat of Arms left

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MIL KWANZAS
1000

Translation: One Thousand Kwanzas

Watermark

Sculpture

Signatures

José de Lima Massano "2nd sign" (JLM")	Governor
Valter Filipe Duarte da Silva (VFDS)	Governor

Printer

Goznak (Гознак, Экспедиция заготовления государственных бумаг), Russian Federation (1818-date)

Comments

José Eduardo dos Santos (born 1942) is an Angolan politician who served as President of Angola from 1979 to 2017.
António Agostinho Neto (1922-1979) was an Angolan politician and poet who served as the 1st President of Angola (1975–1979), having led the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the war for independence (1961–1974).

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Date	Signatures	VF	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
2012-Oct	JLM"	$ 1.90	$ 16	P# 156a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , TBB# B549a Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).	Prefix: HA-HY, PA; Issuing in 2013	69%
2012-Oct	VFDS		$ 8.70	P# 156b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). , TBB# B549b Owen W. Linzmayer. The Banknote Book (4 volumes).	Prefix: IA-IQ; Issuing in 2018	32%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 64 Lot 79	17 Aug 2022	2012-Oct JLM" – P# 156a, TBB# B549a – Prefix: HA-HY, PA; Issuing in 2013	UNC	USD 18.57 (EUR 16.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 178 Lot 621	13 Dec 2025	Undetermined	VF	Unsold
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	Katz Auction 167 Lot 523	19 Aug 2025	Undetermined	VF	Unsold
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