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20 Francs Parasaurolophus, colorized
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the national coat of arms of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at center, featuring a leopard's head facing front flanked by a crossed spear and arrow, all resting upon a decorative base with a scroll bearing the motto PAIX; the legends JUSTICE and TRAVAIL appear to the left and right of the central device respectively. The circular field is bordered by a beaded inner ring. The upper legend REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO arcs around the periphery, while the denomination 20 FRANCS is inscribed along the lower rim, accompanied by the fineness and weight specification 1 oz Ag 999.9 in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a richly colorized prehistoric scene depicting a group of Parasaurolophus dinosaurs — large hadrosaurids distinguished by their prominent backward-sweeping cranial crests — in a lush Cretaceous landscape with ferns, trees, and a body of water in the background. A pack of smaller theropod dinosaurs appears at lower right, confronting the hadrosaurs in a dynamic composition. The inscription PREHISTORIC LIFE arcs along the upper border of the inner circle, with PARASAUROLOPHUS and the date range 76-72 MIO YEARS BC inscribed in the upper field. The year 2022 is struck at center above the main figures. The surrounding border bears the geological period timeline inscriptions TRIASSIC 250-200 MIO. YEARS BC, JURASSIC 200-145 MIO. YEARS BC, and CRETACEOUS 145-66 MIO. YEARS BC arranged around the periphery. |
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has operated one of the more prolific novelty bullion programs in modern numismatics, licensing its sovereign coinage authority to European trading companies — primarily Coin Invest Trust and B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt — who design, mint, and distribute the pieces with minimal involvement from Kinshasa beyond the legal imprimatur. The KM#372.1 suffix indicates a sub-variety within a broader Parasaurolophus release, almost certainly distinguished by colorization treatment applied after striking.
Parasaurolophus itself lived across what is now North America, not Africa — the geographic disconnect is irrelevant to the issuer, whose dinosaur series targets European and Asian collector markets exclusively.