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10 Francs 1908 Berliet
| Issuer | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-date) |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Currency | Franc (1998-date) |
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| Obverse description | A fully rendered lion in profile facing right, standing on a grassy ground line, occupies the central field. The mane is elaborately detailed, and the tail curls upward toward the right. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 10 Francs appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo has issued a long and often bewildering series of collector-targeted commemoratives since the late 1990s, many with no domestic circulation whatsoever. This piece honors Marius Berliet, the French industrialist whose Lyon-based firm produced the CBA truck in 1908 — a vehicle that became foundational to early motorized transport across French colonial Africa. Berliet trucks later supplied both Allied and Axis forces during the Second World War, depending on which side of the Vichy question you were standing on.