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10 Francs Chariot Racing
| Issuer | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse lettering | JEUX OLYMPIQUES 2004 ATHÈNE 10 FRANCS (Translation: Olympic Games 2004 Athens 10 Francs) |
| Edge | Reeded |
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo has issued a large volume of commemorative silver pieces aimed squarely at the thematic collector market, most with no domestic circulation whatsoever. This chariot racing issue is part of that wave — produced under license arrangements common among small-economy mints in the late 1990s and early 2000s, where the issuing country lends its name and authority to coins designed, struck, and distributed entirely by European minting houses and trading companies.
KM#74 was struck to the same 28.28g/.999 specification used across dozens of interchangeable commemorative programs from this period, a weight chosen to align with the market expectations of bullion-adjacent collector coins rather than any historical Congolese monetary standard.