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5 Francs World Football Championship 2006
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | A standing lion in full profile faces left at centre, rendered in fine relief atop a grassy ground line. The curved legend REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO arcs along the upper periphery, while the date 2001 appears in the lower field beneath the animal. The design is executed in a naturalistic style, with careful attention to the lion's mane and musculature. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO 2001 |
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The Democratic Republic of Congo issued a wave of commemorative 5-franc pieces in the early 2000s under licensing arrangements that had little to do with the issuing country and everything to do with the international novelty coin trade. This piece, struck five years before the tournament it commemorates, was produced for collector distribution rather than circulation — the DRC's actual monetary economy ran almost entirely on US dollars following the hyperinflationary collapse of the Congolese franc in the late 1990s.
KM# 102.1 distinguishes this from at least one variant in the series, suggesting a design or production change mid-run.