Congo 2022 10 francs
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This specimen was lot 74468 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description[1] noted, "CONGO. 10 Francs, 2022. PCGS PROOF-69 Deep Cameo. World's Wildlife series. Featuring the bear." Altho the Congolese landscape teems with wildlife, bears are not found there.
Recorded mintage: 1,500 struck at B. H. Mayer Kunstprageanstalt, Karlsfeld, Germany.
Specification: 0.5 g, 0.999 fine gold, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: Fr-44; KM-Unlisted.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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