Catalog
20 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de la République du Burundi |
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| Year | 1977-2007 |
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| Currency | Franc (1962-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI VINGT FRANCS AMAFRANGA MIRONG`IBIRI IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA Y`UBURUNDI LE GOUVERNEUR LE 2e VICE-GOUVERNEUR 05-02-2005 20 (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. Twenty francs. The governor, the second vice governor.) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI UBUMWE - IBIKORWA - AMAJAMBERE UNITE - TRAVAIL - PROGRES IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA Y`UBURUNDI LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNIT DE SERVITUDE PENALE UWUZOKWIGANA IYI NOTI AZOFUNGWA 20 (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. Unity, work, progress. The counterfeiter is punished with penal servitude.) |
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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.