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20 Zaires Hotel Intercontinental
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Zaïre |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to commemorate the opening of the Hotel Intercontinental in Kinshasa, this platinum piece was part of a broader series of prestige coins struck under Mobutu Sese Seko's newly renamed republic — Zaïre having replaced the Democratic Republic of the Congo just one year prior in 1971. The coins were never intended for circulation; they were diplomatic objects, distributed to foreign dignitaries and investors Mobutu was actively courting as he nationalized foreign-owned industries under his authenticité campaign.
The .999 platinum specification is unusual for African commemoratives of this period, and the mintage was extremely limited.