Red print; pink underprint; black serial numbers. Front facing busts of Prince Rwagasore and President Melchior Ndadaye at right, flag at lower right, hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) above the coat of arms of Burundi at upper left. Flag of Burundi at lower right. Windowed security thread with bank monogram and cow head. Fish-shaped see-through feature at lower left. Hologram at right.
Reverse description
Red and print; pink and yellow underprint. Map of Burundi with plants at left, bank logo at lower right.
Signature(s)
Dieudonné Murengerantwari, Désiré Musharitse,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Louis Rwagasore and bank logo.
Obverse lettering
IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA Y`UBURUNDI
AMAFARANGA IBIHUMBI CUMI
UWUZOKWIGANA IYI NOTI AZOPFUNGWA
UBUMWE - IBIKORWA - AMAJAMBERE
UNITE - TRAVAIL - PROGRES
10000 (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. Ten thousand francs. The counterfeiter is punished with penal servitude. Unity, work, progress.)
Reverse lettering
BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI
DIX MILLE FRANCS
LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PENALE
LE GOUVERNEUR
LE 1er VICE-GOUVERNEUR
07-11-2022
10000
BRB (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. Ten thousand francs. The counterfeiter is punished with penal servitude.)