Catalog
1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque d'Emission du Rwanda et du Burundi |
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| Year | 1960-1962 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of a zebra's head and neck in profile occupies the right portion of the note against an intricate guilloche underprint in green and purple tones. The bank name and denomination "MILLE FRANCS" are printed in large letterpress across the upper and central areas, with "PAYABLES A VUE" below the denomination. Two manuscript signatures appear over a date field at centre, with the alphanumeric serial number repeated at upper right and lower left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is composed entirely of elaborate guilloche rosette work in green and black, with three large interlocking circular lathe patterns of varying sizes — a central floral rosette flanked by a starburst design at left and a numeral "1000" set within a guilloche medallion at right. The bank name is printed in a straight letterpress band across the lower centre. |
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The Banque d'Emission du Rwanda et du Burundi was a transitional institution — created in 1960 to manage currency for two territories that would become separate independent republics by mid-1962. This note was issued during that narrow window, when both Rwanda and Burundi still shared a monetary framework under Belgian trusteeship winding down toward full decolonization.
Thomas De La Rue printed the series in London. Once independence was achieved, each country established its own central bank and issued successor currencies, rendering these joint-authority notes obsolete within a few years of printing.