BELGIAN CONGO

The Belgian Congo, is today called the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and previous to being the Belgian Congo, the country was called the Congo Free State. The Belgian Congo excisted as a country from 1908 to 1960, when it gained independence to be called the Republic of Congo (leopoldville) and then Zaire. French Congo became the Republic of Congo (brazzaville) and then the Peoples Republic of Congo.

Monetary units: 1 franc = 100 Centimes (up to 1967)

This country was on my "to get" list and , although I've had it for a while, I had mis- classified it under Rwanda. It is a 1957, 10 Franc note and has a soldier on the front left and an antelope on the back.

so I can strike that one off the list !!!

THE END OF THE R's AND A DISCOVERY!!!!!

We are getting on towards the end of the alphabet but a couple of large letters still to go, but what have we missed in R?

Reunion
Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Rwanda-Burundi


But i also discovered something ! I had a 10 franc note which i thought was from Rwanda-Burundi but in fact it was from one of the countries still on my list : Belgian congo !! I'll add this and other new ones at the end after the Z's (zambia, zaire and zimbabwe) .

....... AND ON TO C !!

Before we go on to the countries beginning with C , a wee look back over the A's and B's tells me that I've got pretty much every country listed in the 1960 - present category (except Belize) but if you go back prior to 1960 there are a few countries that crop up. I'll have to keep a look out for the following:

Andorra
Azores
Belgium Congo
British North Borneo

CAN YOU THINK OF ANY I'VE MISSED ?????

British Guiana is listed under Guyana

I wasn't sure about listing Burma but I think i will put them all under Myanmar !!

There has been quite a lot about British imperialism in the last section, I'm sure we'll find out more about the French, German and Italian imperialism in the coming sections.