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100 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire, France |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a large African elephant in intaglio against a light guilloche underprint. The bank monogram in ornate cipher appears to the right of the elephant. Denominations in numerals at lower left and upper right; date and Governor signature at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Vignette of the Inga hydroelectric dam complex at right, with a high-tension electricity pylon in the foreground at left, set against a light guilloche underprint. Issuer name across the top; denomination in numerals and Swahili legend at bottom. |
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The Banque Centrale du Congo has issued multiple near-identical 100 Francs notes in recent years, and the P#98B designation distinguishes this 2022 printing from earlier iterations in the same series — the differences are typically confined to signature combinations reflecting ministerial or gubernatorial changes rather than any redesign. Oberthur Fiduciaire, operating from their Chantepie facility in Brittany, has held a long printing relationship with the DRC and produced several denominations across this series.
Colour-shifting ink on a 100 Francs note — a denomination worth fractions of a US cent — reflects the chronic counterfeiting pressure on low-value Congolese currency rather than any premium placed on the note itself.