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5 Francs Belgium - Queen Astrid
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The central inner circle features a full-color photographic-style portrait of Queen Astrid of Belgium, depicted in a three-quarter left-facing bust, wearing formal attire and a brooch. A golden royal crown appears to the lower left of the portrait and the Belgian heraldic lion rampant, rendered in yellow and black, is positioned to the lower right. The inner legend LA REINE DES BELGES arcs above the portrait, with ASTRID 1905-1935 inscribed below. The wide outer border bears the series legend MAISONS ROYALES D'EUROPE DES SIECLES DERNIERS running continuously around the rim. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Queen Astrid of Belgium died in a car accident near Küssnacht, Switzerland, in August 1935 — her husband, King Leopold III, was driving. The crash killed her instantly at age 29 and triggered a period of national mourning across Belgium and its colonial territories. This issue, struck by the Banque Centrale du Congo more than six decades after her death, belongs to a wave of commemorative coinage Congo produced in the late 1990s targeting the collector market rather than domestic circulation.