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10 000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Centrale - République Populaire du Congo |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Value | 10 000 Francs CFA (10 000 XAF) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DU CONGO DIX MILLE FRANCS 10000 LE PRESIDENT, LE DIRECTEUR GENERAL, L'ACTION DE RENOVATION RURALE SALUE LE 7e ANNIVERSAIRE DU TRIOMPHE DE L'INSURRECTION D'AOUT 1963 ET SON REAJUSTEMENT (Translation: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO TEN THOUSAND FRANCS) |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The République Populaire du Congo — the former Moyen-Congo, not to be confused with the neighboring Democratic Republic — nationalized its central bank apparatus following the 1968 coup that brought Marien Ngouabi to power and declared a Marxist-Leninist state. This 10,000-franc note, the highest denomination of the inaugural P#1 series, was issued in 1971 as the new government sought to establish a distinct monetary identity separate from the CFA franc zone's common imagery.
Banque de France handled the printing, as it did for many Francophone African issuers regardless of their official political orientation — a pragmatic continuity that ideological declarations did little to disrupt.