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1000 Francs CFA FIFA World Cup 1998
| Issuer | République du Congo |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a seated female figure in traditional dress, facing left, holding an upright stone tablet inscribed with the national motto UNITE / TRAVAIL / PROGRES in three lines. The figure is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. The circular legend REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO arcs along the upper periphery in large Latin capitals, while the denomination 1000 FRANCS is inscribed along the lower periphery. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The République du Congo — not to be confused with the larger Democratic Republic of Congo — issued a run of FIFA World Cup commemoratives ahead of France '98 largely as a foreign-exchange revenue exercise, sold directly to collectors outside Africa rather than circulated domestically. The Central African CFA franc zone permitted member states considerable latitude in issuing collector coinage provided it didn't interfere with monetary operations, and Congo exploited this aggressively through the 1990s.
KM#39 is one of several denominations in the series. Most reached collectors through European distributors.