25 Francs Mozart

Issued under the DRC's ongoing series of novelty collector pieces, this acrylic disc has no monetary history worth examining — it never circulated, was never intended to, and exists purely as a cabinet curiosity for thematic collectors. Mozart's 250th birth anniversary in 2006 prompted a wave of commemorative merchandise across Europe and beyond, and the Congo's licensing of his image for a kilogram acrylic piece sits firmly in that commercial fringe.