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100 Francs CFA Congolese Peafowl
| Issuer | Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale (BEAC) |
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| Year | 1992 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | Paon du Congo 1992 PROTECTION DE LA NATURE |
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The Congolese peafowl (*Afropavo congensis*) was unknown to Western science until 1936, when James Chapin of the American Museum of Natural History identified a museum specimen that had sat misidentified in a Belgian collection for decades. Endemic to the dense rainforests of the Congo Basin, it remains one of the most range-restricted of all peafowl species. BEAC's wildlife series from this period served the collector market almost exclusively — the Republic of Congo's circulating coinage needs were met by far cheaper aluminium-bronze issues, making copper 30g pieces an export product from inception.