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10 000 Francs Yellow
| Issuer | Banque de la République du Burundi |
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| Year | 2015-2018 |
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| Size | 144 × 71.5 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI DIX MILLE FRANCS LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PENALE LE GOUVERNEUR LE 1er VICE-GOUVERNEUR 04-07-2018 10000 (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. Ten thousand francs. The counterfeiter is punished with penal servitude.) |
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| Variants | P#54a - 15.01.2015. P#54b - 2018. |
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The Banque de la République du Burundi introduced this high-denomination note during one of the country's most politically turbulent stretches — the 2015 constitutional crisis over Pierre Nkurunziza's contested third-term bid triggered mass protests, an attempted coup, and the flight of several hundred thousand refugees into neighboring countries. The economic dislocation that followed accelerated demand for larger-denomination notes as the franc came under sustained pressure.
The "Yellow" designation distinguishes it from earlier 10,000-franc issues in the series, a collector shorthand that has stuck.