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100 Francs Lynx
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Weight | 0.5 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed, full-colour portrait of a lynx in left-facing profile, depicted in a naturalistic walking pose occupying the entire lynx-shaped flan. The animal's distinctive spotted and streaked tawny coat, characteristic tufted ears, and alert amber eyes are rendered with fine engraving and applied polychrome colouring. The spotted fur markings across the body and limbs are meticulously reproduced, conveying the wild felid's muscular form and predatory grace against the shaped gold planchet. |
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has issued a stream of small-format gold fractionals under wildlife themes since the mid-2010s, primarily targeting the collector bullion market rather than any domestic monetary function. At 0.5 grams, this piece contains just under one sixty-second of a troy ounce of fine gold — a format pioneered largely by Austrian and Czech minters and now licensed or contracted widely across African issuing authorities.
The Banque Centrale du Congo's role here is nominal; production almost certainly occurred at a European private mint.