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10 Francs African Crocodile
| Issuer | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-date) |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO 2000 |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo adopted its current name in 1997 following Laurent-Désiré Kabila's overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko, who had renamed the country Zaire in 1971. This coin was issued just three years into that restored identity, during a period when Kabila's government was already under severe military pressure from Rwandan and Ugandan-backed rebel forces — the conflict that would become the Second Congo War. Bullion and collector issues like this one were among the few reliable foreign-currency earners available to the treasury at the time.