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1000 Francs overprint
| Issuer | Banque de la République du Burundi |
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| Year | 1966 |
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| Value | 1000 Francs (1000 BIF) |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio print over a pink underprint, with black serial numbers and a black overprint applied to the original bank title inscriptions at top and bottom to reflect the new issuing authority. At right, a portrait vignette presents King Mwami Mwambutsa IV in military uniform, turned three-quarters to the left. Legends appear in both French and Kirundi. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI MILLE FRANCS AMAFRANGA IGIHUMBI IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA Y`UBURUNDI 1.2.1965 LE VICE-PRESIDENT LE PRESIDENT 1000 (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. One thousand francs. The vice president, the president.) |
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Pick 19 is a transitional issue — Burundi had only separated from the Rwanda-Burundi monetary union in 1964, and these overprinted notes were a practical stopgap while the Banque de la République du Burundi established its own independent printing arrangements. The overprint converts an earlier note into post-separation legal tender without the expense or delay of commissioning entirely new designs.
1966 was also the year Michel Micombero's coup ended the monarchy, making this one of the last notes issued under the Kingdom of Burundi before the republic was formally proclaimed on November 28th.