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| Emittent | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-date) |
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| Jahr | 2004 |
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| Material | Copper-nickel |
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| Aversbeschreibung | A full-bodied lion passant to left is depicted in high relief at center, standing on a grassy groundline with detailed mane and musculature rendered in a naturalistic style. The legend REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO arcs along the upper periphery in Latin capital letters. The denomination 5 FRANCS appears in the lower field beneath a horizontal exergual line. The overall design is set within a plain inner border with a reeded outer edge. |
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| Aversschrift | Latin |
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo has issued a substantial number of novelty and mechanical pieces aimed squarely at the collector market rather than circulation, and this rotating calendar piece is firmly in that category. Kongolese collector issues of the early 2000s were largely produced by European minting houses and distributed through coin dealers, never touching the local economy.
The rotating disc mechanism allows the bezel to display any year across a 50-year span — a gimmick with a longer commercial history than most buyers realize, appearing in Swiss and German novelty coinage as far back as the 1970s.