Catalog
20 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Rwanda |
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| Year | 1964-1976 |
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| Value | 20 Francs (20 RWF) |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 Banque Nationale du Rwanda BC 675508 VINGT FRANCS PAYABLES A VUE R 1-1-76 LA LOI PUNIT LE CONTREFACTEUR ADMINISTRATEUR GOUVERNEUR BC 675508 20 |
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| Variants | P#6a - 01.07.1964, 31.03.1966, 15.03.1969 & 01.09.1969 signature titles: Vice-Gouverneur & Gouverneur P#6b - 01.07.1965 signature titles: Vice-Gouverneur & Administrateur P#6c - 01.07.1971 signature titles: Adminstrateur & Gouverneur P#6d - 30.10.1974 signature titles: Administrateur & Administrateur P#6e - 01.01.1976 signature titles: Administrateur & Gouverneur |
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Rwanda's first post-independence banknotes were issued by the Banque Nationale du Rwanda beginning in 1964, just two years after the country severed its monetary ties with the Belgian Congo franc zone and established the Rwanda franc as its own currency. Thomas De La Rue handled the printing across the full series — a common arrangement for newly independent African states that lacked domestic printing infrastructure.
The P#6 ran for over a decade without significant redesign, an unusually long production run that reflects the country's monetary stability in those years relative to some of its neighbors.