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 is devoted to the mountains of the Central Plateau in Huambo 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 1,000 kwanzas with the Huambo mountains is a central piece of the 2020 polymer series in an Angola collection and in a «mountains on banknotes» set. UNC condition means the note has never circulated: no folds, no wear, no soiling, even corners — just as it left the press.

If you are just starting a collection, the VPcoins catalogue makes it easy to find banknotes to build it around.