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240 Francs Year of the Horse, Lucky
| Issuer | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-date) |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the national coat of arms of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, depicting a leopard head facing front flanked by two crossed elephant tusks and two spears, set upon a plinth inscribed PAIX. The motto words JUSTICE and TRAVAIL appear on the tusks. The country name REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO curves along the upper border in raised Latin lettering, with the denomination 240 FRANCS inscribed along the lower border. The design is executed in high relief against a proof mirror field, bordered by a fine beaded rim. |
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| Reverse script | Chinese, Latin |
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo has operated an aggressive bullion and commemorative program since the early 2000s, licensing its sovereignty to a rotating cast of European minting houses — primarily Bald Eagle and B.H. Mayer — targeting the Asian collector market almost exclusively. This piece is a product of that arrangement, issued with no domestic circulation intent and almost certainly never seen inside the DRC itself.
The Chinese lunar calendar series struck under Congolese authority runs to dozens of issues across multiple denominations. Distinguishing genuine authorized strikes from the unlicensed pieces that infiltrated the market around 2013–2015 remains an ongoing problem for collectors of this type.