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100 Francs CFA Polacanthus
| Issuer | Republic of the Congo |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | A seated allegorical female figure, facing right, is depicted in the center of the field, holding an inscribed tablet bearing the national motto UNITE TRAVAIL PROGRES in three lines. The figure wears classical drapery and an upswept hairstyle. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 100 FRANCS appears in large characters along the lower field. |
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| Reverse lettering | ANIMAUX PRÉHISTORIQUES Polacanthus 1994 (Translation: Prehistoric Animals) |
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The Republic of the Congo issued a run of copper-nickel dinosaur coins in the early 1990s, targeting the international collector market rather than domestic circulation. These pieces were produced under licensing arrangements common among smaller francophone African states during this period, with the actual minting carried out by European facilities entirely disconnected from Brazzaville. The Polacanthus — an ankylosaur-family genus known primarily from Early Cretaceous deposits in England — had no particular connection to Central Africa, chosen purely for collector appeal.
KM#16 is part of a multi-type series from the same year.