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5 Francs Belgium - Prince Laurent and Princess Claire
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Weight | 24.3 g |
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| Reverse lettering | MAISONS ROYALES D'EUROPE DES SIECLES DERNIERS PRINCE LAURENT ET PRINCESSE CLAIRE MAISON ROYALE DE BELGIQUE |
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| Mintage | 1999 - Proof - 20,000 |
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This piece belongs to a wave of Democratic Republic of Congo fantasy issues from the late 1990s — collector-market coins with no meaningful circulation history, struck under licensing arrangements that had little to do with the Banque Centrale du Congo's actual monetary operations. Prince Laurent of Belgium and his then-fiancée Claire Coombs were married in April 2003, making a 1999 issue a prospective commemorative minted four years before the event it nominally marks.
The DRC was in the middle of the Second Congo War when this was struck.