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1000 Francs CFA Portuguese Merchant Ships, Colorized
| Issuer | Republic of the Congo |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#109 |
| Obverse description | A seated female figure in traditional dress and turban occupies the central field, facing right and gesturing with her left hand toward a stone tablet she holds upright with her right hand. The tablet bears the national motto inscribed in three lines. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 1000 FRANCS is inscribed along the lower periphery. The design is rendered in a clean, sculptural relief against a mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Reverse description | A colorized depiction of a Portuguese galleon (galeaça) under full sail occupies the central field, rendered in polychrome enamel with brown hull, white sails, and bold red Order of Christ crosses adorning both the sails and the bow. The vessel is shown underway on stylized blue waves, with rigging, multiple masts, and pennants detailed with period accuracy. A deep blue nocturnal sky with a celestial body fills the upper field behind the ship. The curved legend GALEAÇA PORTUGUESA DA INDIA arcs along the upper periphery, and the date 2002 appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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