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500 Francs Common bottlenose dolphin
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Rwanda |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | BANKI NKURU Y`U RWANDA REPUBLIKA Y`U RWANDA UBUMWE-UMURIMO-GUKUNDA-IGIHUGU AG 999 2010 AMAFARANGA 500 MAGANA ATANU (Translation: Central Bank of Rwanda. Republic of Rwanda. Unity, work, patriotism. Five hundred francs.) |
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Rwanda is landlocked — the nearest ocean is roughly 1,400 kilometers away. The dolphin series was issued purely for the international collector market, a common revenue strategy among smaller nations whose mints produce little for domestic circulation. Rwanda's central bank authorized several such wildlife-themed silver issues in the late 2000s and early 2010s, most struck by European contract mints with no connection to the depicted fauna whatsoever.