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25 Francs 5th Anniversary of Independence
| Issuer | Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1960-1971) |
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| Year | 1965 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Republic of the Congo declared independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960, immediately plunging into the chaos of the Congo Crisis — secession in Katanga, UN military intervention, and the assassination of Patrice Lumumba in 1961. By 1965, the fifth anniversary fell just months before Mobutu Sese Seko's November coup ended the republic entirely. This gold issue was almost certainly struck for export and collector sale rather than domestic circulation; the political instability of the period made commemorative coinage a revenue instrument, not a national celebration.