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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de la République du Burundi |
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| Year | 1979-1980 |
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| Size | 150 x 80 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI UBUMWE - IBIKORWA - AMAJAMBERE UNITE - TRAVAIL - PROGRES 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.) |
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| Protection description | Watermark visible when held to light. |
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The Banque de la République du Burundi was established in 1964 following independence, replacing the monetary framework inherited from the Belgian-administered Ruanda-Urundi trust territory. Thomas De La Rue's involvement with Burundian currency printing was consistent across multiple denominations during this period — their London facilities handled much of anglophone and francophone Africa's currency production well into the 1980s, when several issuing authorities began diversifying their printing contracts.
Watermark security was the sole embedded anti-counterfeiting measure on this issue, modest even by the standards of the time.