Green print; pink underprint; black serial numbers. Black overprint covering bank title at top and bottom. Bust of King Mwami Mwambutsa IV in military uniform, facing front-left, at right. Text in French and Kirundi.
Reverse description
Green print; pink underprint. Coat of arms of Burundi at centre. Text in French and Kirundi.
Signature(s)
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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.)
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.)