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5 Francs United Kingdom - Prince Charles, younger
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Value | 5 Francs |
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| Obverse description | At center, a raised effigy of a roaring lion's head facing left, rendered in fine detail, set within a recessed inner circle. Surrounding the inner circle, the legend REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO arcs around the field. The broad outer border carries the inscription BANQUE CENTRALE at top and 5 FRANCS at bottom, flanked by five-pointed stars, with the date split 19 and 99 on either side. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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This piece belongs to a wave of novelty issues produced by the Democratic Republic of Congo in the late 1990s, a period when the newly renamed state under Laurent-Désiré Kabila was licensing its coinage rights to private minting intermediaries — effectively selling the authority to strike legal tender to generate hard currency revenue. The coins themselves rarely circulated domestically.
Prince Charles appears here as a younger man, placing the portrait source material well before the 1999 strike date.