Catalog
5 000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale du Congo |
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| Year | 2005-2022 |
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| Printer | Hôtel des Monnaies, Kinshasa, Congo (1987-date) |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents two Congo peacocks (Afropavo congensis) rendered in fine intaglio, set against a guilloche background in orange and amber hues. To their left, a traditional pedestal basket and scattered mounds of foodstuffs — including cassava and other agricultural produce — are depicted in detailed engraving. A vertical security thread with 'DCongo' text is embedded near the centre-right, while a white outline map of the Congo appears at upper right beneath the issuer's name. |
| Reverse lettering | BANQUE CENTRALE DU CONGO 5000F CINQ MILLE FRANCS ELFU TANO BINUNU BITANU KOTO MITANO MAFUNDA TANU LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PENALE |
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P#102 spans a remarkably long production window — nearly two decades of reissue under the same base design — which reflects chronic budgetary and logistical constraints at the Hôtel des Monnaies rather than any deliberate continuity policy. The facility in Kinshasa has operated intermittently since the late 1980s, and domestic printing capacity has never been fully reliable, leading to uneven paper quality and inconsistent security feature application across print runs.
Two governors' signatures appear across the series: Masangu Mulongo, who oversaw the DRC's post-hyperinflation monetary stabilization from 1997, and Mutombo Mwana Nyembo, appointed in 2013.