Catalog
20 Francs
| Issuer | Banque d'Emission du Rwanda et du Burundi |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Size | 128 × 64 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE D'EMISSION DU RWANDA ET DU BURUNDI VINGT FRANCS PAYABLES A VUE UN ADMINISTRATEUR LE PRÉSIDENT LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PENALE THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE D'EMISSION DU RWANDA ET DU BURUNDI 20 VINGT FRANCS THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED. |
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The Banque d'Emission du Rwanda et du Burundi was a transitional institution — created in 1960 to manage currency for the two Belgian-administered UN Trust Territories as they lurched toward independence. Belgium had issued Congolese francs across the region for decades; this series marked the first time Rwanda-Urundi had a distinct paper currency of its own, however briefly.
Both territories achieved independence in 1962, after which the bank was dissolved and each country established its own national issuer. The entire lifespan of this series was under three years, which keeps surviving circulation examples genuinely scarce.