b41_0493 - 500 Francs Non émis KATANGA 1960 P.09r
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Price : 380.00 €
Face Value : 500 Francs Non émis
Date: 31 octobre 1960
Period/Provinces/Banks Banque Nationale du Katanga
Catalogue reference : P.09r
Alphabet - series : Sans numéro
Signatures : Sans
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Moise Tshombe / bâtiment. Non émis.
Moise Tshombe / building. Not issued
Moise Tshombe / building. Not issued
Historical background
KATANGA
The province of Katanga is located in the southeast of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. Two weeks after the independence of the Belgian Congo on July 11, 1960, the province seceded. The secessionists were supported by the powerful Union Minière du Haut Katanga and received military assistance from Belgium, a Belgian mining company that exploited the province's mineral resources. Congolese government forces and UN troops responded, forcing Katangese President Moïse Tshombe to negotiate a ceasefire..
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