Catalog
10 Francs Rowing
| Issuer | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-date) |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | A full-bodied lion stands in profile to the right, rendered in high relief upon a naturalistic ground of grasses, its maned head turned to face the viewer. The arc of the legend REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO curves along the upper periphery, while the date 2000 appears in the lower field beneath the lion. The design occupies a broad, mirror-polished field within a plain raised border. |
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| Reverse lettering | DISCIPLINES OLYMPIQUES * AVIRON 10 FRANCS |
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo adopted its current name in 1997 following Laurent-Désiré Kabila's overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko, who had renamed the country Zaïre in 1971. This coin was struck during the brief window of relative administrative coherence before the Second Congo War fully consumed the state — Kabila himself was assassinated in January 2001. The DRC's commemorative silver program of this period was issued almost entirely for export, with no meaningful domestic circulation.