fwo_612894 - CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 20 Francs Benoît XVI Proof 2005
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Type : 20 Francs Benoît XVI Proof
Date: 2005
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 999 ‰
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,24 g.
Edge : striée
Rarity : R1
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO // 20 FRANCS.
Obverse description : Lion à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : BENEDICTUS XVI . COLOGNE 2005.
Reverse description : Le pape Benoît XVI.
Historical background
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
(1960-)
When the Belgian Congo gained independence in 1960, the country became the Republic of Congo. In 1964, it was renamed the Democratic Republic of Congo. Between 1971 and 1997, President Joseph-Désiré Mobutu advocated African authenticity and renamed the Congo the Republic of Zaire (Zaire for short). In 1997, when Mobutu fell, the country resumed the name of the Democratic Republic of Congo..
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