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30 Francs The Tiger
| Issuer | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-date) |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO 2011 30 FRANCS PAIX JUSTICE TRAVAIL |
| Reverse description | A full-color photographic-style depiction of a tiger in repose fills the central field, rendered with vivid orange, black, and white coloring against a textured silver background, enclosed between two horizontal polished bars. The series title MAGNIFICENT BIG CATS appears in stylized lettering across the upper portion of the field, and the legend THE TIGER is inscribed in bold relief lettering along the lower portion of the field. |
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The "Tiger" epithet belongs to Georges Nkashama, a Congolese footballer whose nickname fueled this issue as part of the DRC's broader program of silver sports commemoratives released around the time of African Cup of Nations cycles. These collector-market issues were never intended for circulation and were largely sold through European wholesale distributors — a common arrangement for DRC commemoratives, where the revenue flows to contracted minting agents rather than directly to the state treasury.