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10 000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 2006-2022 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of two wildebeest (gnu) in a savanna landscape, set against a geometric guilloche underprint, flanked to the right by an intaglio-printed Kuba royal statue (Chef Kuba) on a latticework background. The bank title appears in a dark panel at upper centre, with the denomination numeral repeated at left and lower right; a holographic security patch and a multicolour map of the Congo are visible at right, while the serial number is printed in red at lower centre. |
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| Signature(s) | Jean-Claude Masangu Mulongo Deogratias Mutombo Mwana Nyembo |
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The Banque Centrale du Congo has issued notes under extraordinarily difficult monetary conditions — the country experienced hyperinflation so severe in the 1990s that the franc congolais itself was only introduced in 1998 to replace the new zaïre at a rate of 100,000 to one. This 10,000-franc note, spanning a production window from 2006 to 2022, carries two governor signatures across its run: Jean-Claude Masangu Mulongo, who oversaw the post-war stabilization period, and Deogratias Mutombo, appointed in 2013.
The long date range without a design change is itself telling — monetary reform energy went into stabilization rather than reissue cycles.