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20 Francs Stegosaurus, colourized
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO JUSTICE PAIX TRAVAIL 1 oz Ag 999.9 20 FRANCS (Translation: Democratic Republic of the Congo Justice, Peace, Work) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has become one of the most prolific issuers of novelty bullion coinage in the world, contracting European minting houses — primarily Münze Österreich and B.H. Mayer — to produce collector-targeted issues that have no meaningful domestic circulation. This piece is part of that commercial program, sold almost exclusively through international dealers and telecom-era collector markets with no practical monetary function in Kinshasa.
Stegosaurus itself went extinct roughly 155 million years ago during the Late Jurassic and has no paleontological connection to the Congo Basin — the choice is purely commercial.