BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI
CINQ CENT FRANCS
AMAFRANGA
AMAJAN`ATANU
IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA Y`UBURUNDI
LE GOUVERNEUR
LE VICE-GOUVERNEUR
01-09-81
500 (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. Five hundred francs. The governor, the vice governor.)
Reverse lettering
BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI
UBUMWE - IBIKORWA - AMAJAMBERE
UNITE - TRAVAIL - PROGRESS
IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA Y`UBURUNDI
LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PENALE
UWUZOKWIGANA IYI NOTI AZOFUNGWA
500 (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. Unity, work, progress. The counterfeiter is punished with penal servitude.)