Catalog
50 Francs Cutty Sark
| Issuer | National Bank of Rwanda (Banki Nkuru y'u Rwanda) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Obverse description | The central field displays the Rwandan coat of arms in high relief, featuring a shield with a stylized knot motif, flanked by a sorghum stalk on the left and a coffee branch on the right, surmounted by a sun above the shield, all enclosed within a circular rope-and-knot device. A banner below the shield bears the national motto in Kinyarwanda. The upper legend BANKI NKURU Y'U RWANDA arcs around the periphery, while the lower field carries the denomination AMAFARANGA 50 MIRONGO ITANU flanking the numeral 50. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Rwanda has no historical connection to the Cutty Sark — the clipper was built on the Clyde in 1869 for the Jute Shipping Company of Dumbarton and spent its working life on the London–China tea route before wool runs to Australia. Rwanda's involvement here is purely fiduciary: the National Bank issues bullion and collector pieces under licensing arrangements as a revenue mechanism, a practice common among landlocked African nations with no minting tradition of their own. The coin exists because the collector market for tall-ship themes is reliable, not because the subject has any bearing on the issuer.