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5 Francs The Netherlands - Prince Bernhard
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Weight | 24.3 g |
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| Reverse description | The central inner circle features a full-color portrait of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands facing slightly left, wearing glasses and a dark suit; to his right appears a polychrome heraldic shield surmounted by a royal crown. Within the inner circle the legend LE PRINCE DES PAYS-BAS appears above the portrait and BERNHARD *1911 below, noting his birth year. The wide outer border carries the series legend MAISONS ROYALES D'EUROPE DES SIECLES DERNIERS reading around the full circumference. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Democratic Republic of Congo issued a long series of foreign celebrity and personality coins through the late 1990s and early 2000s — pieces with no connection to Congolese history, minted almost entirely for the international collector market rather than circulation. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, husband of Queen Juliana and a controversial figure in his own right following the 1976 Lockheed bribery scandal, is an unusual honoree. Whether the selection reflects diplomatic calculation or simply a licensing arrangement is unclear.