The Nom de Politique Rule

Following up on last week's post regarding the general dreadfulness of rulers who get their mugs put on coins, we had to add another rogue to the gallery: the late Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire. One of his personalized coins can be glimpsed here, and some of his paper money above. Mobutu certainly proves our currency rule, as his kleptocratic ways are well-documented;the stat that always sticks in our mind is that, upon his death, Mobutu was one of the world's ten wealthiest men, despite...