Catalog
20 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de la République du Burundi |
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| Year | 1977-2007 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Printed predominantly in red with a multicolour underprint, the obverse centres on a vignette of a traditional dancer facing right at centre right, with black serial numbers. Inscriptions appear in both French and Kirundi, including the issuing authority and denomination legends. |
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| Variants | P#27a - 01.07.1977, 01.06.1979 & 01.12.1981 Signature titles: "Gouverneur" & "Administrateur" P#27b - 01.12.1983, 01.12.1986, 01.05.1988 & 01.10.1989 Signature titles: "Gouverneur" & "Administrateur" P#27c - 01.10.1991 Signature titles: "Gouverneur" & "Administrateur" P#27d - 25.05.1995*, 05.02.1997, 01.08.2001, 01.07.2003, 05.02.2005 & 01.11.2007 *error in catalog, which assigns this note to 27c (Signature combination "Gouverneur" & "2e Vice-Gouverneur" belongs to P-27d) |
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The Banque de la République du Burundi's 20-franc note had an unusually long production run for a low denomination — the P#27 series spans three decades under Thomas De La Rue, bridging Burundi's turbulent post-independence decades through the catastrophic civil war of 1993–2005. That a single note design survived that period without redesign says more about institutional inertia than monetary stability.
De La Rue's involvement with Burundi dates to the early post-independence years, and the 20-franc was among the lowest-value issues kept continuously in circulation, meaning surviving examples in any decent state are harder to source than the higher denominations.