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1000 Francs Gorilla
| Issuer | National Bank of Rwanda |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs |
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| Reverse description | Two mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) are depicted facing forward in bold relief, their forms highlighted with gold gilding, each set with diamonds serving as eyes. A mountainous landscape forms the background, evoking the natural habitat of the Virunga range. The legend MOUNTAIN GORILLA arcs along the upper field, with the date 2008 inscribed below. |
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| Reverse lettering | MOUNTAIN GORILLA 2008 |
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Rwanda's central bank partnered with the Bavarian State Mint for this issue, part of a broader wave of African wildlife bullion-adjacent commemoratives that flooded the collector market in the late 2000s. The four embedded diamonds are genuine, though modest in carat weight — their inclusion was a marketing differentiator in a crowded field of large-format silver with precious-metal plating.
Rwanda held no meaningful domestic minting infrastructure in 2008; the coin was struck entirely in Munich.