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Known (circulation) coins from Zaire

Zaire


10 makuta
1973 - 1978 [#7]
Cupro-nichel
Mobuto bust 1/4 right/Arms below denomination

20 makuta
1973 - 1976 [#8]
Cupro-nichel
Mobuto bust right/Hand with torch

5 makuta
1977 [#12]
Cupro-nichel
Denomination/Mobuto bust left

1 Zaire
1987 [#13]
Alama
Denomination/Bust facing

5 Zaires
1987 [#14]
Alama
Denomination/Mobuto bust facing

10 Zaires
1988 [#19]
Alama
Denomination/Mobuto bust facing

Belgian Congo


5 centimes
1909 [#12]
Cupro-nichel
Hole at cente of crownedJL, circle surrounds/Hole at center of star, date below star, value above

10 centimes
1909 [#13]
Cupro-nichel
Hole at center of crowned Ls, backs touching, within circle/Hole at center of star, date below star, value above

20 centimes
1909 [#14]
Cupro-nichel
Hole at center of crowned Ls, backs touching, within circle/Hole at center of star, date below star, value above

1 centime
1910 - 1919 [#15]
Cupru
Hole at center of crowned As, circle surrounds/Center hole within star, date below star, value above

2 centimes
1910 - 1919 [#16]
Cupru
Hole at center of crowned As, circle surrounds/Hole at center of star, date below star, value above

5 centimes
1910 - 1928 [#17]
Cupro-nichel
Hole at center of crowned As, within circle/Hole at center of star, date below star, value above

10 centimes
1910 - 1928 [#18]
Cupro-nichel
Hole at center of crowned As, within circle/Hole at center of star, date below star, value above

20 centimes
1910 - 1911 [#19]
Cupro-nichel
Hole at center of crowned As, within circle/Hole at center of star, date below star, value above

1 Franc
1920 - 1930 [#20]
Cupro-nichel
Laureate head left/Oil palm divides denomination and date, French legend

1 Franc
1920 - 1929 [#21]
Cupro-nichel
Laureate head left/Oil palm divides denomination and date, Flemish legend

50 centimes
1921 - 1929 [#22]
Cupro-nichel
Laureate head left, French legend/Oil palm divides denomination and date

50 centimes
1921 - 1929 [#23]
Cupro-nichel
Laureate head left/Oil palm divides denomination and date, Flemish legend

5 Francs
1936 - 1937 [#24]
Nickel-bronze
Head of Leopold III, left/Lion above denomination, star at left of denomination, legend surrounds

2 Francs
1943 [#25]
Alama
Denomination, stars flanking/African elephant left, date below

1 Franc
1944 - 1949 [#26]
Alama
Denomination, legend at top and bottom/African elephant, date below

50 Francs
1944 [#27]
17.5g 500 silver
Denomination at center, stars flanking, legend at top and bottom/Africian elephant left, date below

2 Francs
1946 - 1947 [#28]
Alama
Denomination, stars flanking, legend at top and bottom/African elephant left, date below

5 Francs
1947 [#29]
Alama
Denomination at center, stars flanking, legend at top and bottom/Africian elephant left, date below

Belgian Congo Ruanda-Urundi


5 Francs
1952 [#1]
Alama

50 centimes
1954 - 1955 [#2]
Aluminiu
Crowned arms divide date/Oil palm divides denomination

5 Francs
1956 - 1959 [#3]
Aluminiu
Crowned arms divide date/Oil palm divides denomination

1 Franc
1957 - 1960 [#4]
Aluminiu
Crowned arms divide date/Oil palm divides denomination

Katanga


1 Franc
1961 [#1]
Bronz
Bananas (musax paradisiaca-Musaceae) within circle/Cross, value and date within circle

5 Francs
1961 [#2]
Bronz
Bananas (musax paradisiaca-Musaceae) within circle/Cross, value and date within circle

Congo


10 Francs
1965 [#1]
Aluminiu
Denomination above date/Lion face

10 sengis
1967 [#7]
Aluminiu
Denomination within circle/Leopard crouching on branch, date below

1 likuta
1967 [#8]
Aluminiu
Denomination within circle/Arms above date

5 makuta
1967 [#9]
Cupro-nichel
Denomination within circle/Bust of President Mobutu 3/4 left, date below

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Total of 34 coins from Zaire in my personal collection.