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5 Francs Belgium - Queens of Belgium
| 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 detailed effigy of a lion's head facing left, rendered in high relief, occupies the central inner circle. Surrounding the inner circle, the legend REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO arcs around the field. The outer ring bears the issuing authority BANQUE CENTRALE at the top and the denomination 5 FRANCS at the base, with the date split 19 and 99 flanking the sides, all separated by six-pointed star ornaments. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This issue belongs to a commemorative series released by the Banque Centrale du Congo honoring the Belgian queens associated with the colonial period — a politically loaded subject given that 1999 fell during the final years of Laurent-Désiré Kabila's government, when relations between the DRC and Belgium remained complicated by unresolved colonial memory. The Congo had not been a Belgian territory since independence in 1960, making the issuing authority's choice of subject matter unusual at minimum.
Coins of this type were produced primarily for the collector market and saw no meaningful circulation within the DRC.