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| Issuer | Banki Nkuru y'u Rwanda / National Bank of Rwanda |
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| Year | 2013 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette in intaglio shows four uniformed school students seated at a table working on laptop computers, symbolising Rwanda's commitment to education and technological development. The English bank title NATIONAL BANK OF RWANDA runs across the top with the legal tender clause THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER in italic lettering beneath it. Denomination numeral 500 appears at upper left and upper right, with FIVE HUNDRED FRANCS inscribed at the bottom; a vertical security thread with BNR text is visible on the right side of the central vignette. |
| Reverse lettering | NATIONAL BANK OF RWANDA THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER 500 FIVE HUNDRED FRANCS |
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The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field is almost certainly a data entry error — Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig facilities were heavily bombed by Allied forces in late 1943 and effectively ceased operation before the war's end. This note belongs to Rwanda's post-2008 series, when the National Bank undertook a broader currency modernization program following the country's economic reorientation toward the East African Community.
P#38 is the Munich-printed 2013 issue, with G&D's Leipzig plant confirmed as the production site for this denomination.