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1 000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 2005-2022 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DU CONGO MILLE FRANCS 1000F ELFU MOJA TSHINUNU KOTO MOKO DIFUNDA MOSI COFFRET KANIOKA Le Gouverneur |
| Reverse description | A finely engraved intaglio vignette of an African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) perched on a branch occupies the central field, set against a background of tropical foliage rendered in green guilloche. The denomination 1000F appears at lower centre and upper left, with MILLE FRANCS printed vertically at the far right. A multicolour map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is positioned in the upper right, above the issuing authority inscription, and an anti-counterfeiting warning LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PENALE is printed in the lower right field. |
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The Banque Centrale du Congo name dates from 1997, when Laurent-Désiré Kabila renamed the country from Zaire and simultaneously overhauled the monetary institutions that had operated under Mobutu. Jean-Claude Masangu Mulongo served as governor from 1997 to 2013, making his signature the anchor of the earlier dates in this long print run; Deogratias Mutombo succeeded him and carried the series through its later issues.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field in the source data is almost certainly a cataloging artifact — the Banque Centrale du Congo did not exist until 1997. P#101 circulated during a period when the franc congolais itself was only introduced in 1998, replacing the new zaïre at a rate of 100,000 to one.