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5 Francs Sweden - Princess Victoria
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Composition | Nickel plated brass |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of a roaring lion occupies the central inner circle, rendered in high relief with finely detailed mane. Surrounding the inner circle, the legend REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO runs along the middle ring. The outer border carries the issuing authority BANQUE CENTRALE at top and the denomination 5 FRANCS at bottom, flanked by five-pointed stars, with the split date 19-99 at either side. |
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| Reverse description | Central inner circle bears a full-color applied portrait of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, depicted in a three-quarter bust facing left, wearing a tiara and formal attire, with the Swedish royal coat of arms visible to her right. Within the white inner field, the legend LA PRINCESSE VICTORIA appears above the portrait and MAISON ROYALE DE SUEDE below. The outer border carries the series inscription MAISONS ROYALES D'EUROPE DES SIECLES DERNIERS running around the full circumference. |
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This piece belongs to a sprawling series of fantasy issues produced for the Banque Centrale du Congo in the late 1990s — coins struck to generate foreign exchange revenue rather than circulate. Sweden's Princess Victoria has no meaningful connection to the Democratic Republic of Congo, then in the middle of a catastrophic civil war that had just ousted Mobutu Sésé Seko. The issuing authority was barely functional as a monetary institution at the time of this coin's production.