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1500 Francs Frauenkirche
| Issuer | Republic of the Congo |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Weight | 1.24 g |
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| Obverse description | A draped female figure is depicted in the centre of the field, seated and facing slightly right, holding an arched tablet or plaque bearing the national motto in three lines. The legend REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO curves along the left and upper periphery, while the denomination 1500 FRANCS is inscribed along the lower border. The design is rendered in high relief against a mirrored proof field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Frauenkirche in Dresden was destroyed in the Allied firebombing of February 1945 and lay in ruins — deliberately left uncleared by East German authorities as a war memorial — for over five decades. Reconstruction began only after reunification, funded largely by international donors, and was completed in 2005. This coin was issued the year before that completion, placing it squarely in the final phase of a rebuilding effort that had taken sixty years to begin.