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5 Francs FIFA World Cup 2002
| Issuer | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-date) |
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| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A football player in dynamic kicking pose occupies the right portion of the field, his raised leg striking a soccer ball positioned before a relief globe in the background, evoking the international scope of the tournament. To the left, two color-applied national flags are prominently displayed: the flag of South Korea above, rendered with its distinctive Taegukgi design in red and blue enamel on a white ground, and the flag of Japan below, featuring its red disc on a white field. The curved legend COUPE MONDIALE 2002 arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 5 FRANCS is inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo had no meaningful connection to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, co-hosted by South Korea and Japan. This is a licensed commemorative struck purely for the collector market — the DRC issued dozens of such pieces in the early 2000s, leveraging its sovereign minting rights to produce thematic coins with no domestic circulation intent. The country was still deep in the Second Congo War when this piece was struck.