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500 Francs Year of the Goat, luxury, 3D
| Issuer | Banki Nkuru y'u Rwanda (National Bank of Rwanda) |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Rwanda is depicted centrally in the field, featuring a shield with a knot of interlaced rope at its base, flanked by stylised vegetation and surmounted by a sun. The legend BANKI NKURU Y'U RWANDA arcs along the upper periphery, with AG 999 to the left and the date 2015 to the right. Along the lower periphery, the denomination AMAFARANGA 500 MAGANA ATANU is inscribed in bold relief. An inner circular border separates the central device from the peripheral legends. The motto UBUMWE - UMURIMO - GUKUNDA IGIHUGU appears on a scroll beneath the shield within the coat of arms. |
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| Mintage | 2015 - - 1,888 |
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Rwanda's high-relief lunar issues of this period were contract-struck by a European private mint and sold exclusively through the international numismatic market — no examples ever circulated domestically, and the nominal face value bears no relationship to economic reality in a country where the actual franc trades in the hundreds to the dollar. The "luxury 3D" designation refers to the deep-relief, multi-layered die work that was fashionable among boutique bullion issues around 2015, when several small sovereign nations licensed their minting authority to produce premium collector pieces of this kind.