Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 Francs Cape buffalo
| Issuer | National Bank of Rwanda |
|---|---|
| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Central design features a high-relief depiction of two Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) standing in savannah grass, rendered in fine detail with prominent curved horns and robust bodies. Behind the animals, a textured relief map of the African continent fills the upper and right portions of the field, its surface evoking a rugged topographic landscape. The legend AFRICAN OUNCE curves along the left periphery, while the date 2015 appears at the upper right. The inscription 1oz FINE SILVER 999 runs vertically along the right border, attesting to the coin's bullion specifications. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Rwanda's National Bank issued this piece as part of the African Wildlife series, a collector-driven program that began gaining traction across central African issuers in the early 2010s largely because sovereign mint partnerships offered smaller nations a revenue stream from bullion premiums rather than circulation. Rwanda itself adopted the franc as its post-colonial currency in 1964, replacing the Rwandan-Urundi franc after independence — but by 2015, commemorative silver issues like this one had nothing to do with domestic monetary policy and everything to do with the international bullion market.