Catalog
1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque du Royaume du Burundi |
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| Year | 1965 |
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| Currency | Franc (1962-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DU ROYAUME DU BURUNDI IBANKI Y`INGOMA Y`UBURUNDI MILLE FRANCS AMAFRANGA IGIHUMBI 1.2.1965 LE VICE-PRESIDENT LE PRESIDENT 1000 (Translation: Bank of the Kingdom of Burundi. One thousand francs. The vice president, the president.) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DU ROYAUME DU BURUNDI IBANKI Y`INGOMA Y` UBURUNDI LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNIT DE SERVITUDE PENALE UWUZOKWIGANA IYI NOTI AZOFUNGWA GANZA SABWA 1000 (Translation: Bank of the Kingdom of Burundi. The counterfeiter is punished with penal servitude. Rules and reigns.) |
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The Banque du Royaume du Burundi was the central bank of a monarchy — Mwami Mwambutsa IV's kingdom — and this 1965 note was issued just one year before the July 1966 coup that deposed Crown Prince Charles Ndizeye and abolished the throne entirely, ending the institution that authorized the note's issue. Thomas De La Rue's involvement here is typical of the period; newly independent African states routinely contracted London security printers while building domestic financial infrastructure.
The 1000-franc denomination was the highest in the series, placing it in limited everyday circulation. Surviving examples in used grades are harder to find than the lower values from the same Royaume issues.