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100 Francs CFA Ernesto Che Guevara, Bimetallic and Steel
| Issuer | Republic of the Congo |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A stylized, iconic portrait of Ernesto Che Guevara rendered after the famous 'Guerrillero Heroico' image dominates the central field, applied in polished silver relief against a deep red colored circular background. The subject is depicted facing slightly left, wearing a beret adorned with a red star. The legend ERNESTO CHE GUEVARA arcs along the upper rim, while LA REVOLUCIÓN is inscribed vertically along the left field and the quotation BETTER TO DIE STANDING THAN TO LIVE ON YOUR KNEES appears along the right field. The birth and death years 1928-1967 are inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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The Republic of the Congo has no historical connection to Che Guevara worth commemorating on legal tender — which is precisely the point. These collector-targeted issues from small African nations are licensed through third-party minting agencies, typically European, that secure the issuing rights and pocket the spread between minting cost and collector price. The Congo's name and nominal face value are essentially rented.
Guevara was actually present in Congo in 1965, leading a failed guerrilla campaign in support of Laurent-Kabila's forces in what was then the Democratic Republic of the Congo — a different country entirely.