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500 Francs Taekwondo
| Issuer | National Bank of Rwanda |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 500 Francs |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts two taekwondo athletes engaged in a dynamic kicking exchange, rendered in colorized relief against a stylized map of the African continent in the field. A laurel wreath frames the lower portion of the design, evoking the Olympic tradition. The legend 'JEUX OLYMPIQUES 2008' arcs along the upper periphery in Latin script, with the date '2008' and the Chinese characters for Beijing ('北京', rendered as 'JING') also present, referencing the host city of the 2008 Summer Olympics. |
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| Mintage | 2008 - - 2,008 |
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Rwanda's niobium collector issues from this period were produced in Austria by the Münze Österreich, which had pioneered the use of niobium as a coinage metal beginning with its own bimetallic series in 2003. The Rwandan commission was part of a broader arrangement with several small nations seeking prestige numismatic issues without domestic minting infrastructure.
Taekwondo's inclusion likely ties to Rwanda's Olympic program development in the mid-2000s, though the sport itself had only been a full Olympic event since Sydney 2000.