Brown print; yellow underprint; black serial numbers. Black overprint covering bank title at top and bottom. Bank building at right. Text in French and Kirundi.
Reverse description
Brown print; multicolour underprint. Coat of arms of Burundi at centre. Text in French and Kirundi.
Signature(s)
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI
CINQ CENT FRANCS
AMAFRANGA
AMAJAN`ATANU
IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA Y`UBURUNDI
01-08-66
LE VICE-PRESIDENT LE PRESIDENT
500 (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. Five hundred francs. The vice president, the president.)
Reverse lettering
BANQUE DU ROYAUME DU BURUNDI
IBANKI Y`INGOMA Y` UBURUNDI
LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNIT DE SERVITUDE PENALE
UWUZOKWIGANA IYI NOTI AZOFUNGWA
GANZA SABWA
500 (Translation: Bank of the Kingdom of Burundi. The counterfeiter is punished with penal servitude. Kingdom of Burundi. Rules and reigns.)