Blue print; multicolour underprint; black serial numbers. Long-tailed paradise whydah (Vidua paradisaea) at centre left, flowers at right. Text in French and Kirundi.
Reverse description
Blue print; multicolour underprint. Zebus (Bos taurus indicus) grazing with mountains in background. Text in French and Kirundi.
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.)
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.)