Catalog
1000 Francs CFA Marine Fauna
| Issuer | Republic of the Congo |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Weight | 31.11 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Republic of the Congo entered the commemorative silver market aggressively in the mid-1990s, contracting with European minting houses to produce themed collector issues well outside its domestic monetary system. These pieces circulated nowhere — struck purely for the international numismatic trade and distributed through dealer networks in Europe and North America.
KM#62 is one of several fauna-themed issues from this program, a format that flooded the market across multiple small African states during the same period, depressing secondary market values for the entire category.