Catalog
200 Francs Independence, FAO
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Rwanda |
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| Year | 1972 |
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| Diameter | 31.95 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | · 10e ANNIVERSAIRE DE L`INDEPENDANCE · REPUBLIQUE RWANDAISE· 1·7·62 - 1·7·72 (Translation: 10th Anniversary of Independence. Republic of Rwanda.) |
| Reverse description | A male agricultural worker wearing a hat is depicted bending forward among tall, densely rendered grain or sorghum plants, harvesting the crop. The FAO initials appear incuse within the field at the centre of the plant grouping, referencing the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. A circular Latin legend surrounds the design, incorporating the denomination, the issuing bank name, and the FAO production slogan distributed around the periphery of the coin. |
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Rwanda's 1972 200 Francs was struck as part of the FAO coinage program, a United Nations initiative that prompted dozens of nations to issue commemorative pieces carrying agricultural and food-security messaging during the early 1970s. Rwanda had gained independence from Belgian administration in 1962 following a violent Hutu revolution that ended the Tutsi monarchy — the "Independence" designation on this coin refers to that decade-earlier rupture, not a concurrent political event.
Mintage was low and distribution narrow, as was typical of FAO-program issues destined more for international collectors than domestic circulation.