Depicts an official emblem of the Laurent Kabila regime: a mature male lion standing to the left amid the grass, symbolizing strength and authority. Above the lion is the country’s name in French, and the date is placed below.

Kabila’s regime, which began in 1997 after he overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko, was characterized by efforts to rebuild the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) after decades of dictatorship. His government sought to restore national sovereignty, but faced internal conflict and external pressures, particularly during the Second Congo War.

Depicts an obverse of the Triple Siglos from Karia and Kos with a naked diskobolos (discus thrower) standing facing with his weight on his left leg, his right leg crossed behind, while he turns his upper body to his left, about to hurl the discus which he holds above his head; in the background right, a tripod; the inscription of occasion in French above and denomination below.

The Karia and Kos Triple Siglos, minted circa 480-470 BC, is a silver coin originating from Karia, an ancient region in southwestern Anatolia (modern Turkey), and Kos, a nearby island in the southeastern Aegean Sea. The denomination, Triple Siglos, refers to a unit of weight used in ancient Persian-influenced regions, indicating the coin's value and integration into broader economic systems of the time.