Catalog
20 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Rwanda |
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| Year | 1977 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | A large, naturalistic bunch of bananas with broad tropical leaves radiates from the center of the field, rendered in fine detail. The circular legend BANQUE · NATIONALE · DU · RWANDA · is arranged around the periphery, with the date 1977 appearing at the top between two raised dots. The design emphasizes Rwanda's agricultural heritage, with the banana plant filling nearly the entire flan in an asymmetric, organic composition. A reeded edge frames the reverse. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Rwanda's 1977 coinage was issued amid the relative political stability of Juvénal Habyarimana's single-party state, which had consolidated power following the 1973 coup. The Banque Nationale du Rwanda contracted production abroad — Rwandan coins of this period were struck at the Monnaie de Paris — as the country had no domestic minting capability.
Brass issues from this series circulated hard in a cash-dependent rural economy and survivors in undamaged condition are less common than the modest collector interest in Rwandan coinage might suggest.