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20 Centimes
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | Banque Centrale Du Congo Vingt Centimes (Translation: Central Bank of Congo 20 Centimes) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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This note was issued in 1997, the year Laurent-Désiré Kabila overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko and renamed the country from Zaïre back to the Democratic Republic of Congo — with it came a new central bank identity and a new currency, the franc congolais, replacing the hyperinflation-ravaged nouveau zaïre. Jean-Claude Masangu Mulongo, who signed this note, was appointed governor of the reconstituted Banque Centrale du Congo and would remain in that post until 2013.
A 20 centimes denomination was largely a formality given the monetary chaos of the period — centime subdivisions had no practical purchasing power at introduction.