10 Francs Ninja Warrior

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has issued novelty collector pieces under its name since the late 1990s, a practice with no connection to domestic circulation — these coins are produced entirely for the international numismatic novelty market, typically by European trading companies operating under licensing arrangements. The Ninja Warrior issue belongs to a wave of DRC-licensed pieces themed around Japanese popular culture, a pairing that reflects the commercial logic of the issuer rather than any geographic or historical relationship.

Silver-plated copper pieces of this type are prone to adhesion failures at the plating layer within decades of issue.