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5 Francs United Kingdom - Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Value | 5 Francs |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A full-color multicolor portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Al-Fayed is depicted within a central inner circle, rendered in applied polychrome enamel. The upper legend arc reads MAISONS ROYALES D'EUROPE DES SIECLES DERNIERS, while the lower portion of the outer ring carries the inscriptions DIANA, PRINCESSE DE GALLES and DODI AL-FAYED, identifying the two subjects commemorated on this memorial issue. |
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The Democratic Republic of Congo — freshly renamed after Laurent-Désiré Kabila ousted Mobutu in 1997 — became a minor hub for commemorative issues of dubious relevance to the issuing nation. This piece, honoring Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed two years after their deaths in the Paris tunnel crash of August 1997, belongs to a category of Congolese coinage produced almost entirely for the foreign collector market rather than domestic circulation.
The "Banque Centrale du Congo" attribution is nominal. Issues like KM#71 were typically licensed to private minting agencies and saw no meaningful distribution within Congo itself.