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5 Francs The Netherlands - King Willem I
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Composition | Nickel clad brass |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central inner circle features a multicolor printed portrait of King Willem I of the Netherlands in military uniform, facing slightly right, with the Dutch royal coat of arms — a shield bearing a rampant lion — depicted to his left against a green field. The legend LE ROI DES PAYS-BAS arches above the portrait within the inner ring, and WILLEM I 1815 - 1840 appears below, denoting his reign dates. The outer border carries the series inscription MAISONS ROYALES D'EUROPE DES SIECLES DERNIERS running around the full circumference. |
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This is a novelty issue from the Democratic Republic of Congo, one of dozens of foreign-themed collector pieces the Banque Centrale du Congo licensed during the late 1990s — a period when the country, freshly renamed after Mobutu's fall, was generating hard currency through commemorative coin programs rather than economic stability. The coin has no connection to Dutch monetary history or any French-franc denomination system; the subject is purely decorative.
Willem I's original 5-franc pieces were struck at Utrecht beginning in 1826, when the Netherlands still governed Belgium.