Catalog
500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Rwanda |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse description | A vignette of Lake Kivu with a mountainous landscape occupies the right portion of the note, rendered in fine intaglio engraving with a blue-green underprint guilloche pattern filling the field. The denomination '500' appears in large numerals at lower left and upper right, with the issuing authority 'BANQUE NATIONALE DU RWANDA' across the top. The date '1.12.1994' and the payable clause 'Payables à vue' appear below the central vignette, above the bold letterpress inscription 'CINQ CENTS FRANCS'. |
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| Reverse description | A waterbuck stands at centre-left amid grasses and tropical foliage, rendered in detailed intaglio engraving against a pink guilloche underprint. The denomination '500' appears in large numerals at lower right and upper left, with the Kinyarwanda bank title 'BANKI NASIYONALI Y'U RWANDA' along the top. Two facsimile signature panels for the 1er Vice-Gouverneur and the Gouverneur appear at upper right. |
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| Protection description | Impala head. |
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