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5 Francs Belgium - Queen Astrid
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Weight | 24.3 g |
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| Obverse description | A finely detailed effigy of a roaring lion's head, facing left in three-quarter view, is presented within a recessed inner circle at the center of the coin. Surrounding the inner circle, the legend REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO arcs around the field. The broad outer border carries the issuing authority BANQUE CENTRALE at the top, the denomination 5 FRANCS at the bottom, and the divided date 19-99 flanking the design on either side, all separated by five-pointed stars. |
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| Reverse lettering | MAISONS ROYALES D'EUROPE DES SIECLES DERNIERS LA REINE DES BELGES ASTRID 1905-1935 |
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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.