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10 Francs Famous Paintings - 'The Fifer'
| Issuer | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-date) |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Composition | Silver plated copper |
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| Reverse description | Full color reproduction of Edouard Manet's celebrated 1866 oil painting 'The Fifer,' depicting a young French Imperial Guard musician standing in three-quarter view and playing a fife, dressed in a black-trimmed red uniform with blue trousers and a black cap. The image is faithfully rendered in vibrant applied color and is set within an ornate decorative frame with foliate corner motifs and geometric border details. The composition fills the rectangular flan, with the painted reproduction dominating the entire reverse field. |
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| Mintage | 2009 - Proof - 1,000 |
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Édouard Manet's Le Fifre was rejected by the Paris Salon jury in 1866, with critic Théophile Gautier calling it a flat playing card. Zola famously defended it the following year, launching one of the sharper critical exchanges of the Impressionist period. The painting now hangs in the Musée d'Orsay.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has issued dozens of these silver-plated "Famous Paintings" pieces, most bearing no meaningful connection to the issuing country — they are produced entirely for the collector market by European minting contractors.