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500 Francs Leopard
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Rwanda |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Rwanda is depicted in high relief at centre, featuring a shield with a knotted rope at its base, flanked by coffee and sorghum branches, with a sun above and the national motto UBUMWE-UMURIMO-GUKUNDA IGIHUGU inscribed on a scroll below. The legend REPUPULIKA Y'U RWANDA arcs above the arms within an inner circle. The curved legend BANKI NKURU Y'U RWANDA arcs along the upper rim, while the denomination AMAFARANGA 500 MAGANA ATANU appears along the lower rim in large characters. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANKI NKURU Y'U RWANDA REPUBLIKA Y'U RWANDA UBUMWE - UMURIMO - GUKUNDA IGIHUGU AMAFARANGA 500 MAGANA ATANU (Translation: Central Bank of Rwanda. Republic of Rwanda. Unity, work, patriotism. Five hundred francs.) |
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Rwanda has no native leopard population. The choice of subject for this bullion issue was purely commercial — the "Big Five" and African wildlife series were a reliable sales formula for sovereign mints and licensing issuers targeting the collector bullion market in the late 2000s, and several small African nations lent their authority to such programs with little direct involvement in the design or distribution process.
KM#81 was produced for Bovia/Coin Invest Trust, the Liechtenstein-based distributor that arranged a significant number of Rwanda's commemorative issues during this period.