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20 Francs Type 1 legend
| Issuer | Banki Nasiyonali y'u Rwanda (National Bank of Rwanda) |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Weight | 3.5 g |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIKA Y'U RWANDA UBUMWI UMURIMO GUKUNDA IGIHUGU AMAFARANGA 20 MAKUMYABIRI (Translation: Republic of Rwanda. Unity work patriotism. Twenty francs.) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Rwanda's post-genocide monetary rebuilding included a wholesale reissue of circulation coinage in the early 2000s, with the National Bank introducing updated legend formats to standardize the bilingual Kinyarwanda-French inscriptions that had appeared inconsistently across earlier series. The "Type 1 legend" designation distinguishes this issue from a subsequent variant — the difference lying in inscription spacing and abbreviation style rather than any change to the underlying monetary policy driving the reissue.