Catalog
5000 Francs
| Issuer | National Bank of Rwanda |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Size | 145 × 72 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio vignette of a mountain gorilla seated amid bamboo vegetation, set against a warm-toned landscape underprint within a pink and violet guilloche background. A large ornate watermark window occupies the left portion of the note, flanked by geometric diamond patterns in the underprint, while a vertical holographic strip on the right alternates denomination numerals with the BNR monogram. Bank name and denomination inscriptions run along the top and bottom margins respectively, with the date 01-04-2004 appearing in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of two traditional Rwandan woven baskets of differing shapes and sizes, set against a plain background enclosed by geometric guilloche border patterns in pink and violet tones. An embedded vertical security thread runs through the left-centre field bearing repeated BNR microtext, while large denomination numerals appear at both lower corners. |
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Rwanda's 2004 series was the first major redesign since the country had rebuilt its central banking infrastructure following the 1994 genocide. The National Bank had resumed normal operations remarkably quickly given the scale of institutional collapse, and stabilizing the franc — and public confidence in it — required visible, credible currency. Giesecke & Devrient, long a supplier to African central banks, produced this note at their Leipzig facility.
The hologram strip on this denomination was a deliberate anti-counterfeiting measure aimed specifically at the higher-value notes in the series, which were most vulnerable to forgery in cross-border trade with Uganda and the DRC.