1500 Francs CFA Pluto

The Republic of the Congo has issued a string of small-format gold coins tied to astronomical and pop-culture themes, primarily targeting the collector market rather than circulation. This Pluto piece arrived just four years after the International Astronomical Union's 2006 decision to reclassify Pluto as a dwarf planet — a controversy that generated genuine public backlash and likely made the subject commercially appealing to mint marketers.