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100 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DU CONGO CENT FRANCS 100 Le Gouverneur 04.01.2000 |
| Reverse description | Left vignette shows a high-voltage electricity pylon with transmission lines; right vignette presents an aerial view of a large hydroelectric dam and its reservoir. Fine guilloche underprint in pale tones frames both scenes. Denomination and bank title run along the upper border. |
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The Banque Centrale du Congo designation itself dates only to 1997, when Laurent-Désiré Kabila's government renamed both the country and its central bank after ousting Mobutu Sese Seko. Notes issued under this name therefore carry the implicit history of a transition from Zaire — a state whose currency had collapsed so spectacularly through the 1990s that new franc denominations were introduced at a conversion rate of 100,000 old zaïres to one franc in 1998.
Printed at the Hôtel des Monnaies in Kinshasa, this issue relies on relatively modest security — watermark and thread only — which reflects the facility's limitations rather than any deliberate policy choice.