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25 Francs British Britannia
| Issuer | Banque de la République du Burundi |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Composition | Gold (.9999) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a finely struck standing figure of Britannia in classical robes, helmeted and facing left, holding a trident in her right hand and an olive branch in her left, rendered in a neoclassical engraving style. Above the figure, the legend INVESTMENT COIN BAR 2025 is inscribed in two lines across the upper field. Below the figure, the weight and fineness inscription 1g FINEST GOLD .9999 appears in the mid-field. A framed cartouche in the lower portion bears the Heimerle + Meule hallmark logo alongside the text MELTER ASSAYER and the founding year 1845, with HEIMERLE+MEULE inscribed beneath. |
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The "25 Francs British Britannia" designation is an oddity — a Burundian legal tender gold bullion piece struck to piggyback on the international name recognition of the Royal Mint's Britannia series, with no substantive connection to British monetary history or the Bank of England. Burundi has issued numerous such pieces under foreign themes, a practice common among small-economy central banks seeking bullion sales in export markets rather than domestic circulation.