Red print; multicolour underprint; black serial numbers. Drummer facing right at left centre. Text in French and Kirundi.
Reverse description
Red print; multicolour underprint. Guilloche at left and right. Text in French and Kirundi.
Signature(s)
Bonaventure Kidwingira, Patrice Nsababaganwa,
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI
IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA Y`UBURUNDI
CINQUANTE
FRANCS
AMAFRANGA
MIRONGO
ITANU
50 FRANCS
1. 10. 1968
L`ADMINISTRATEUR LE PRESIDENT (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. Fifty francs. The administrator, the president.)
Reverse lettering
BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI
UNITE - UBUMWE
TRAVAIL - IBIKORWA
PROGRES - AMAJAMBERE
LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNIT DE SERVITUDE PENALE
UWUZOKWIGANA IYI NOTI AZOFUNGWA
IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA Y`UBURUNDI
50 (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. Unity, work, progress. The counterfeiter is punished with penal servitude.)