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100 Francs Set
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the national arms of the Democratic Republic of Congo at center, depicting a leopard's head above crossed spear and torch, flanked by two elephant tusks, all within a beaded inner circle. The date 2019 is split across the lower field, with '20' at left and '19' at right flanking the arms. The fineness and weight notation '0.5 g .999 GOLD' appears in the upper field. The circular legend 'REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO' runs along the upper periphery, while '100 FRANCS' is inscribed along the lower periphery, both separated by a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 2019 - - 5,000 |
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The Banque Centrale du Congo has issued a long-running series of small-format gold fractionals under the 100 Francs denomination, primarily aimed at the bullion gift and novelty collector market rather than domestic circulation. At 0.5g, these pieces contain so little gold they function essentially as promotional objects — the DRC's monetary authority has used such issues as a revenue stream, a pattern repeated across several central African states with limited hard currency reserves.
KM#298 sits in a catalog sequence dense with commemorative types, making individual attribution without the specific reverse subject nearly impossible to confirm.