Blue print; multicolour underprint; black serial numbers. Front-facing bust of President Melchior Ndadaye at left. Text in French and Kirundi.
Reverse description
Blue print; multicolour underprint. Bank building at centre, coat of arms of Burundi at right. Text in French and Kirundi.
Signature(s)
Emmanuel Ndayiragije, Mathias Sinamenye,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
Melchior Ndadaye
Obverse lettering
BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI
IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA YUBURUNDI
CINQ CENTS FRANCS
AMAFRANGA AMAJAN` ATANU
05-02-1995
LE 1er VICE-GOUVERNEUR LE GOUVERNEUR
500 (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. Five hundred francs. The 1st vice governor, the governor.)
Reverse lettering
BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI
IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA YUBURUNDI
UBUMWE - IBIKORWA - AMAJAMBERE
UNITE - TRAVAIL - PROGRESS
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.)