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50 Francs Gorilla, anniversary
| Issuer | Banki Nkuru y'u Rwanda |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | BANKI NKURU Y`U RWANDA REPUBLIKA Y`U RWANDA UBUMWI - UMURIMO - GUKUNDA IGIHUGU AMAFARANGA 50 MIRONGO ITANU (Translation: Central Bank of Rwanda. Republic of Rwanda. Unity work patriotism. Fifty francs.) |
| Reverse description | The reverse features a group of three mountain gorillas rendered in high sculptural relief in the lower left field, set against a textured raised map of the African continent occupying the upper and right portions of the design. A small privy mark circle bearing the inscription '15th Anniv.' appears to the left of the gorillas. The legend 'AFRICAN OUNCE' arcs along the left rim, with the dates '2008 - 2023' flanking the apex of the map and '1oz FINE SILVER 999' inscribed along the lower right rim, denoting the coin's bullion specifications and the fifteenth anniversary of the series. |
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Rwanda's central bank has issued a long-running series of mountain gorilla coins since the early 2000s, largely aimed at the collector and bullion crossover market. The "anniversary" designation here marks a milestone within that series rather than any event in Rwandan political or monetary history. Mountain gorillas were reduced to fewer than 300 individuals by the mid-1980s before conservation efforts — complicated significantly by the 1994 genocide, which left Volcanoes National Park effectively unguarded for months — reversed the population decline. Current counts exceed 1,000.