Evidence coverage: 1886–1901. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
Congo Free State administrative exchanges and wages, with district-specific valuations
No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Goods were priced in mitako, sometimes settled in other goods. Reported decrees 30 July 1886,15 December 1893,28 November 1901 regulated valuation, district conversion to state currency and salary payments. Original laws remain uninspected.
Sources and qualifications →Lifecycle review: administrative conversion framework observed; general ending unproven No complete family extinction established.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
Goods were priced in mitako, sometimes settled in other goods. Reported decrees 30 July 1886,15 December 1893,28 November 1901 regulated valuation, district conversion to state currency and salary payments. Original laws remain uninspected.
C1355Lifecycle review: administrative conversion framework observed; general ending unproven No complete family extinction established.
C1468Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan. Account reckoning distinct from metal supply. Regional rod lengths and valuations must be profiled; do not declare all local rods one uniform currency.
Goods were priced in mitako, sometimes settled in other goods. Reported decrees 30 July 1886,15 December 1893,28 November 1901 regulated valuation, district conversion to state currency and salary payments. Original laws remain uninspected.
printed52–54
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Thesis quotes/synthesizes Dartevelle 1953 and Mahieu 1924; underlying decrees not independently inspected.
Lifecycle review: administrative conversion framework observed; general ending unproven No complete family extinction established.
printed26–27/PDF43–44, nzimbu; printed42–43/PDF59–60, mitako; printed52–55/PDF69–72, decrees, accounting and survival
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Thesis quotes/synthesizes Dartevelle 1953 and Mahieu 1924; underlying decrees not independently inspected.
Lifecycle review: administrative conversion framework observed; general ending unproven No complete family extinction established.
printed26–27/PDF43–44, nzimbu; printed42–43/PDF59–60, mitako; printed52–55/PDF69–72, decrees, accounting and survival
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Thesis quotes/synthesizes Dartevelle 1953 and Mahieu 1924; underlying decrees not independently inspected.