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100 Francs Butterfly brown
| Issuer | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | A full-bodied lion stands in profile facing left, depicted in fine relief upon a plain field, resting on a grassy ground line. The country name REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO curves along the upper periphery within a beaded border, while the denomination 100 FRANCS is inscribed in the lower field. The design is enclosed by a continuous beaded inner circle near the rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO 100 FRANCS (Translation: Democratic Republic of the Congo) |
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo has issued novelty bullion and commemorative pieces under licensing arrangements since the late 1990s, with most production contracted to European mints targeting collector markets rather than domestic circulation. This butterfly series falls squarely in that category — coins of Congolese nominal denomination produced almost entirely for export sale, bearing no relationship to the country's actual monetary system of the period.
KM#129 is one of several nature-themed issues from this program. The DRC was in the midst of the Second Congo War in 2002, a conflict that would not formally end until later that year.