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5 Francs United Kingdom - King George VI
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a circular multicolor photographic portrait of King George VI in military dress uniform, adorned with medals and decorations, facing slightly to his right. To the left of the portrait appears a multicolor depiction of the Imperial State Crown, and to the right the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom, both rendered in full color. Within the inner circle the legend LE ROI D'ANGLETERRE appears above the effigy, and GEORGE VI - 1936 - 1952 appears below. The outer border carries the series inscription MAISONS ROYALES D'EUROPE DES SIECLES DERNIERS in raised Latin lettering. |
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The Democratic Republic of Congo issued this coin the year after Laurent-Désiré Kabila renamed the country from Zaire, a rebrand that came with its own currency chaos — the new franc had just replaced the almost worthless new zaïre at a rate of 100,000 to one. Striking a coin denominated in francs bearing the portrait of a long-dead British monarch had nothing to do with monetary policy and everything to do with the foreign novelty collector market, a revenue stream Congolese authorities leaned on heavily through the late 1990s.