Catalog
50 Centimes
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi |
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| Year | 1954-1955 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE 50 C D B CENTRALE BANK (Translation: Central Bank 50 C D B. Central Bank) |
| Edge | Reeded |
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The Banque Centrale du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi was itself a short-lived institution, established in 1952 to replace the earlier Comité Monétaire and dissolved in 1960 when the Congo gained independence — meaning this coin type was struck across an issuing authority's entire operational lifespan. The shift to aluminium reflected postwar metal economics rather than any colonial cost-cutting agenda specific to the territory; the same material was appearing in low-denomination coinage across multiple European colonial currencies simultaneously.