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500 Francs Caribbean reef shark
| Issuer | Banki Nkuru y'u Rwanda (National Bank of Rwanda) |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Diameter | 40 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the coat of arms of the Republic of Rwanda at center, depicting a shield supported by a hand, flanked by floral and botanical motifs, with a sun and knot above and the national motto UBUMWE-UMURIMO-GUKUNDA IGIHUGU inscribed on a ribbon below. The legend BANKI NKURU Y'U RWANDA arcs along the upper rim, while AMAFARANGA 500 MAGANA ATANU appears along the lower rim. The purity mark AG 999 is inscribed in the left field and the date 2010 in the right field. The broad outer rim is rendered with a dark, contrasting finish against the polished inner field, giving the obverse a distinctive two-tone proof appearance. |
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| Reverse lettering | CARCHARHINUS PEREZI |
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Rwanda has no coastline and no Caribbean reef sharks. This coin belongs to a category of modern commemorative issues produced primarily for the collector market, where the issuing nation is essentially licensing its mint authority to a distributor — in this case almost certainly B.H. Mayer's Kunstprägeanstalt or a comparable European specialty minter producing themed wildlife series for landlocked African sovereigns during the 2000s and early 2010s.
The "500 Francs" face value is nominal; no collector was ever expected to spend it. Rwanda's actual circulating coinage topped out well below that denomination.