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100 Francs 5th Anniversary of independence
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Congo |
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| Year | 1965 |
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| Value | 100 Francs |
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| Obverse description | Uniformed bust of President Joseph Kasa-Vubu facing slightly left, depicted wearing a military peaked cap and glasses, with decorations visible on his jacket. The legend REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO arcs along the upper periphery, flanked by stars, while PRESIDENT KASA-VUBU appears in two lines across the upper field. The motto JUSTICE PAIX ET TRAVAIL (Justice, Peace and Work) curves along the lower periphery. The entire design is framed by a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ☆ REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO ☆ ☆☆ PRESIDENT KASA-VUBU ☆☆ JUSTICE PAIX ET TRAVAIL (Translation: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO JUSTICE PEACE AND WORK) |
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo declared independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960, and this commemorative marks the fifth anniversary of that moment — issued just two years after the assassination of Patrice Lumumba and during the early consolidation of Mobutu's political influence under the Tshombe government. The country was, by any measure, in the middle of a prolonged crisis: the Katanga secession had only recently collapsed, UN forces were withdrawing, and the state's finances were precarious enough that commissioning a .900 gold commemorative was as much a signal of sovereignty to foreign creditors as anything else.
The Banque Nationale du Congo had been established only in 1964, replacing the earlier Conseil Monétaire. This piece is among its first major commemorative issues.