Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
240 Francs Year of the Monkey - Successful
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
|---|---|
| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 240 Francs |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | At center, the national arms of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a leopard's head facing, flanked by two crossed elephant tusks and two spears, mounted on a shield-shaped pedestal bearing the motto PAIX, with the words JUSTICE and TRAVAIL inscribed on the respective tusks. The legend REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO arcs along the upper periphery within a beaded border. The denomination 240 FRANCS appears in the lower field, separated from the central device by two raised dots. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Latin/Chinese |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The Democratic Republic of Congo has issued novelty bullion pieces under the Banque Centrale du Congo imprint since the early 2000s, typically licensing designs through European distributors — Powercoin and similar intermediaries — rather than producing them for domestic circulation. This "Year of the Monkey" piece belongs to a Chinese lunar series marketed almost exclusively to collectors in Asia and Europe, with the DRC's involvement essentially administrative.
The adjective "Successful" appended to the title distinguishes it from a companion piece in the same series, a pairing format common to these issues where contrasting themes — luck, prosperity, fortune — generate two SKUs from a single licensing agreement.