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1000 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de la République du Burundi |
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| Year | 1968-1976 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI MILLE FRANCS AMAFRANGA IGIHUMBI IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA Y`UBURUNDI LE VICE-PRESIDENT LE PRESIDENT 1. 6. 1975 1000 (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. One thousand francs. The vice president, the president.) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA Y`UBURUNDI LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PENALE UWUZOKWIGANA IYI NOTI AZOFUNGWA 1000 (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. The counterfeiter is punished with penal servitude.) |
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Burundi's early post-independence note issues were produced against a backdrop of acute political instability — the Micombero coup of 1966 had abolished the monarchy and declared a republic just two years before this series entered circulation. The Banque de la République du Burundi itself was only established in 1966, replacing the earlier regional central bank structure shared with Rwanda, so this note belongs to the first generation of genuinely sovereign Burundian currency.
The series ran across an unusually long window for a country cycling through successive governments, suggesting the notes were simply reprinted or reissued as stock demanded rather than replaced with each political transition.