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25 Francs Bear
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Technique | Proof |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a finely detailed high-relief depiction of a bear walking in profile to the left across a naturalistic mountain landscape, rendered with exceptional engraving detail showing the animal's fur texture and musculature. Rocky outcrops, coniferous trees, and low scrub vegetation fill the background field, while a flock of birds in flight appears in the upper right. The legend THE BEAR arcs along the upper rim, and the inscription WORLD'S WILDLIFE curves along the lower border, flanking a small globe cartouche at the bottom center displaying a map of Asia and Europe, serving as the series emblem. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has no meaningful domestic gold coin tradition, but since the early 2000s the Banque Centrale has issued a steady stream of bullion and collector pieces aimed squarely at the international market. This piece is part of that commercial program — the denomination is nominal, the real value is in the metal content, and it will not circulate in Kinshasa.
The KM#375 reference places it within a catalog of Congolese issues that expanded rapidly after 2010 as mint contractors in Europe pitched wildlife-themed gold fractionals to central banks across sub-Saharan Africa seeking royalty revenue.