Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Francs Denmark - Princess Mary and Princess Isabella
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
|---|---|
| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | 24.3 g |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE 19 99 DU CONGO 5 FRANCS |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | MAISONS ROYALES D`EUROPE DES SIECLES DERNIERS PRINCESSE MARY ET ISABELLA HENRIETTA MAISON ROYALE DU DANEMARK |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
This piece belongs to a wave of foreign commemorative issues produced for the Democratic Republic of Congo in the late 1990s — a period when the newly renamed state, having shed the Mobutu-era name Zaire in 1997, was simultaneously fighting a renewal of civil conflict and licensing its mint authority to overseas producers hungry for collector revenue. The Danish royal family connection is purely commercial; neither Mary nor Isabella held any relationship to Congolese affairs.