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25 Francs Hippopotamus
| Issuer | Bank of the Republic of Burundi |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Franc (1962-date) |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Burundi occupies the centre of the field, depicting a lion's head above a shield flanked by two spears, with a ribbon bearing the motto UNITE · TRAVAIL · PROGRES. The circular legend in Kirundi reads IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA Y' UBURUNDI along the upper periphery, with UBUMWE - IBIKORWA - AMAJAMBERE along the lower periphery. Below the arms, the denomination 25 FRANCS is inscribed in large characters, flanked by the fineness mark Ag 999 to the right and the weight designation 1 oz to the left. |
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| Obverse lettering | IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA Y' UBURUNDI UBUMWE - IBIKORWA - AMAJAMBERE UNITE · TRAVAIL · PROGRES 1 oz 25 FRANCS Ag 999 |
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Burundi has no wild hippopotamus population to speak of — the species was hunted to local extinction in the country decades ago. The animal's appearance on this issue is essentially aspirational, part of a broader Central African numismatic tradition of marketing wildlife coins to foreign collectors rather than domestic circulation. Burundi has leaned heavily on this model since the 1990s, producing silver and bimetallic issues almost entirely for the international bullion and novelty market.