10 Francs Famous Paintings - 'Young Girl in a Ball Gown'

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has issued commemorative coinage under licensing arrangements that allow private minting firms — typically European — to produce pieces sold directly into the collector market rather than through any domestic circulation. This series reproducing famous paintings is one such product, with the DRC's issuing authority functioning largely as a legal vehicle for the release.

"Young Girl in a Ball Gown" is attributed to the French academic painter Henri Gervex, whose society portraiture was fashionable in late 19th-century Paris salons.