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100 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Rwanda |
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| Year | 1989 |
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| Value | 100 Francs (100 RWF) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a central vignette of a landscape with volcanoes in the background. To the left, a woman is shown carrying a baby on her back, a motif characteristic of Rwandan cultural imagery. The watermark zone is reserved to the right, and Kinyarwanda inscriptions appear along the upper and lower margins. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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| Comments |
Rwanda's 1989 series was printed under relatively stable conditions — the catastrophic events that would render Rwandan currency politically charged were still five years away. This note predates the period when the National Bank's operations were severely disrupted, and circulated during a time when the franc was under moderate but manageable inflationary pressure linked to falling coffee export revenues, coffee being Rwanda's dominant hard currency earner throughout the 1980s.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement was consistent across multiple Rwandan issues of this period. The watermark security on P#19 is modest by contemporary standards, reflecting the threat environment assessed at the time of contract.