In the 2020 series the National Bank of Angola kept a single face on its notes, the country’s first president Agostinho Neto (1922–1979), and devoted the backs to Angola’s natural wonders. Neto, a poet and leader of the MPLA, headed the state after independence was proclaimed on 11 November 1975.

The back shows the Tundavala Gap (Fenda da Tundavala) in Huíla province. The denominations from 200 to 2,000 kwanzas are printed on polymer, a plastic substrate that lasts longer than paper.

The new series replaced the 2012 notes with two presidents on the front: from 1 January 2022 the previous series’ notes from 200 to 5,000 kwanzas were no longer accepted as payment.

The polymer 500 kwanzas with Tundavala belongs in a «nature on banknotes» set and fills the current-series slot in an Angola collection. UNC condition means the note has never circulated: no folds, no wear, no soiling, even corners — just as it left the press.

Would you like to complete the whole series? See the other denominations in the VPcoins catalogue.