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500 Francs Summer Olympics
| Issuer | National Bank of Rwanda |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the national coat of arms of Rwanda at centre, comprising a shield decorated with a knot motif, flanked by a sorghum stalk to the left and an olive branch to the right, all supported by an interlaced rope knot below. A radiant sun appears above the shield, with a banner inscribed REPUBLIKA Y'U RWANDA arching over it. The legend BANKI NASIYONALI Y'U RWANDA curves along the upper rim, while AMAFARANGA 500 MAGANA ATANU is inscribed along the lower rim. The motto UBUMWE UMURIMO GUKUNDA IGIHUGU appears on a scroll at the base of the arms. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts three male long-distance runners in mid-stride, wearing competition bibs numbered 142, 17, and 2306, rendered in high relief against a polished field with stylised track lines below. The legend JEUX OLYMPIQUES 2008 curves along the upper rim. To the right of the runners, a circular Rwanda mint logo featuring a radiant sun above the inscription RWANDA is shown above the five interlocked Olympic rings. The year of issue, 2006, appears in the lower exergue. |
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Rwanda's participation in the 2006 commemorative Olympic series is something of an anomaly — the country had no athletes competing at the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, and its Summer Olympic history is thin, with its most notable modern appearance being the 2004 Athens Games. The coin was almost certainly produced for the collector market rather than any domestic circulation, a common arrangement in which small-nation central banks license their issuing authority to private minting houses, keeping the proceeds as straightforward revenue.