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1000 Francs Panda
| Issuer | Banki Nkuru y'u Rwanda (National Bank of Rwanda) |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is depicted in naturalistic style seated at centre, cradling a young cub while feeding on bamboo shoots. A dense bamboo grove fills the background, rendered in fine detail. The legend THE GIANT PANDA arcs along the upper border of the reverse field. The date 2015, the denomination 3 OZ FINE SILVER, and the fineness .999 are inscribed in the lower field. The coin incorporates 311 Czech crystals set into the design, enhancing the decorative effect of this collector issue. |
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Rwanda has no pandas, no historical connection to China, and no numismatic tradition that would make this issue anything other than what it is: a bullion-adjacent novelty struck for the collector market under a licensing arrangement that became briefly fashionable among European mint contractors around 2013–2016. The Czech crystals are a selling point from the manufacturer, not the issuing bank.