Catalog
1000 Francs CFA Culture
| Issuer | Republic of the Congo |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs CFA |
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| Reverse lettering | CULTURE |
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| Mintage | 1997 - Proof - 5,000 |
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The Central African CFA franc zone has produced a substantial number of collector-targeted silver issues since the 1980s, many with limited connection to the issuing nation beyond the obverse authority inscription. The Republic of the Congo — not to be confused with the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo — was in the midst of a devastating civil war in 1997, the second such conflict within five years, which makes the administrative act of commissioning a commemorative silver program in that year a curious bureaucratic footnote.
KM#58 is part of a broader "Culture" series. Mintage figures for these issues are typically modest and aimed squarely at the thematic collector market.