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10 Francs Benedict XVI - Cologne
| Issuer | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Value | 10 Francs |
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| Obverse description | A full-bodied lion standing to left on a grassy ground line, rendered in high relief at the centre of the field. The legend REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO curves along the upper periphery, and the denomination 10 FRANCS appears in the lower field beneath the lion. The entire design is framed by an inner beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 2005 - Proof - 3,000 |
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Issued to commemorate World Youth Day 2005, held in Cologne that August — the first under Benedict XVI, elected just four months earlier following John Paul II's death in April. It was Benedict's first major public event as pope, drawing an estimated one million pilgrims to the Rhine for the closing Mass. The DRC has a long history of issuing collector silver on behalf of international themes with no domestic connection, and this piece is squarely in that tradition.