5 Makuta

Features

Issuer	Democratic Republic of the Congo › Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) (1960-1971)
Issuing bank	National Bank of the Congo
Period	Democratic Republic (1964-1971) Republic (1971-1997)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1967 (1966-1977)
Value	5 Makuta (0.05 ZRZ)
Currency	Zaire (1967-1993)
Composition	Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight	6.5 g
Diameter	25 mm
Thickness	1.5 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 4111
References	KM# 9 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 42 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Denomination within circle

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANQUE NATIONALE DU CONGO
5 K

Translation: National Bank of the Congo

Engraver: Michael Rizzello

Reverse

Portrait of Mobutu Sese Seko (1930-1997), president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 to 1997, facing 3/4 left, date below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CINQ MAKUTA
1967

Translation: Five Makuta

Engraver: Michael Rizzello

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Kings Norton Metal Company, Birmingham, United Kingdom (1890-1962)

Comments

The Royal Mint U.K. won the contract for the 1967 coins but the project was sub-contracted in total to M.B.L. (The Mint, Birmingham, Limited, the official name for Heaton's Mint) for the 10 sengi coins and to I.MI. (Imperial Metal Industries Limited, where King's Norton is part of) for the 1 Likuta and 5 Makuta coins.

Of the total mintage, 5,992,000 were minted in 1966, 42,072,000 were minted in 1967, 1,984,000 were minted in 1968, and 448,000 were minted in 1969. Another 8,000,000 were minted in 1978 in West Germany.

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1967 (1966-1977)	50 000 000	$ 0.86	$ 1.20	$ 1.60	$ 1.70	$ 2.30	$ 3.00	Minted from 1966-1977	99%
1967	25							Specimen Mint Set	0.7%

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