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10 Francs CURTISS-Centenary of Aviation
| Issuer | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-date) |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Composition | Silver plated copper |
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| Obverse lettering | RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO JUSTICE PAIX TRAVAIL 20 08 10 FRANCS |
| Reverse description | A draped bust of American aviation pioneer Glenn Hammond Curtiss faces slightly left in the upper central field, identified by the inscription CURTISS to the right of the portrait. A detailed rendering of an early biplane, depicted in profile occupying the lower half of the field, evokes the pioneering era of powered flight. The upper legend reads 100th ANNIVERSARY and the lower legend OF AVIATION 1903-2003, with USA inscribed in the lower central field above the date range. |
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Glenn Curtiss won the first Gordon Bennett Trophy race in 1909 and was awarded Scientific American's trophy for the first public fixed-wing flight exceeding one kilometer in the United States — achievements that placed him briefly ahead of the Wright brothers in the public imagination. The Congo's aviation centenary series, issued across multiple base-metal commemoratives with silver plating, was produced for the collector novelty market rather than circulation, a common revenue strategy among smaller issuing states in the 2000s.