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Description

BELGIAN CONGO MEDAL 

50th anniversary of the International Forestry and Mining Society of Congo


OBVERSE

Obverse legend: BANK OF BELGIAN CONGO // 1909-1959.

Obverse description: Elephant on the left on an exergue line.

REVERSE

Reverse legend: MATADI 1909 // LEOPOLDVILLE 1959.

Reverse description: View of the two old and modern banks.


The Banque du Congo Belge was a Belgian colonial bank that mainly operated in the Belgian Congo from 1909 to 1960. Following Congolese independence, it kept operating as the Banque du Congo from 1960 to 1971, the Banque Commerciale Zaïroise from 1971 to 1997, and the Banque Commerciale Du Congo (BCDC) from 1997 to 2020, when it was acquired by Kenya-based Equity Group Holdings and became part of Equity Banque Commerciale du Congo.

The BCB held a monopoly on currency issuance in the Belgian Congo from 1911 to 1952, and in Ruanda-Urundi from 1916 to 1952, effectively acting as the central bank in these territories. It was succeeded in that role in 1952 by the newly established Banque Centrale du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi.

Background
From 1886 to 1908, King Leopold II of the Belgians ruled the Congo Free State as his private domain. On July 27, 1887, he issued a Royal decree that established the Belgian franc as the money of account for the Congo Free State, and for Ruanda-Urundi. In 1890, the Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty put Ruanda-Urundi within the German Empire's sphere of influence in Africa. Consequently, the German East African rupie became the official currency in Ruanda-Urundi though the Franc continued to circulate there.[citation needed]

In 1908, Belgium assumed direct responsibility for the Congo, taking it from Leopold; as a result, the Belgian Congo became a member of the Latin Monetary Union.

Weight

 147,60gr

Diameter

 70,00 mm

Material

 Bronze 

Colour

 Bronze

Year

 1959

Engraver

 DE GREEF

Condition

  **

**Please see photos for coins condition and details

ID 240301 2018 εο

You will receive the exact item as pictured.

Please see photos for condition details.

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