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10 Francs Explorers of Africa - Sir Henry Morton Stanley
| Uitgever | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Jaar | 1999 |
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| Gewicht | 25.3100 g |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | The obverse features a centrally positioned facing lion's head in high relief within a recessed inner circle, its mane rendered in fine detail and its jaws open in a roaring pose. Surrounding the inner circle, the legend 'REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE' arcs across the upper portion and 'DU CONGO' appears at the base of the inner band. The outer ring bears the inscription 'BANQUE CENTRALE' along the upper arc, with six six-pointed stars evenly spaced around the border. The date '1999' is inscribed at the bottom of the field. The coin exhibits a two-tier design with a polished proof finish throughout. |
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| Schrift keerzijde | Latin |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Stanley's most famous expedition — the 1871 search for David Livingstone, financed by the New York Herald — made his reputation, but his later work in the Congo was far more consequential and far more brutal. His surveys of the Congo River basin in the late 1870s directly facilitated King Léopold II's annexation of the region as a personal possession, the Congo Free State, where the resulting rubber extraction regime killed an estimated 10 million people by some scholarly estimates.
That the post-Mobutu Banque Centrale du Congo issued a coin honoring Stanley in 1999 — just two years after the country shed the name Zaïre — reflects the complicated politics of numismatic revenue over historical reckoning.