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10 Francs Compass
| Issuer | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-date) |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A detailed eight-pointed compass rose dominates the central field, its cardinal points marked N, S, O (Est/East rendered in French), and W, with the four intercardinal points NW, NO, SW, and SO also inscribed. The split date 20 04 flanks the north point of the compass rose at the upper periphery, bisected by the northward-pointing arm of the rose. The Latin motto LUX LUCIS (Light of Light) is inscribed vertically along the right peripheral field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo has issued commemorative silver in large volumes since the late 1990s, primarily through contracted European mints targeting the collector market rather than domestic circulation. Most pieces in this program never reached Congolese soil.
KM#127 is one of dozens of thematic issues from this period with no particular monetary or historical significance to the issuing nation itself.