Multicolour print; blue underprint; blue and black serial numbers. Dancers with drums at right, African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) above the coat of arms of Burundi at upper left. Flag of Burundi at lower right. Windowed security thread with bank monogram and cow head. Fish-shaped see-through feature at lower left. Jug hologram at right.
Reverse description
Red, green and blue print; blue underprint. Map of Burundi with mountainous landscape at left, bank logo at lower right.
Signature(s)
Jean Gaspard Ciza, Melchior Wagara,
Protection type
Watermark
Protection description
President Melchior Ndadaye and bank monogram.
Obverse lettering
IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA Y`UBURUNDI
AMAFARANGA IBIHUMBI BITANU
UWUZOKWIGANA IYI NOTI AZOPFUNGWA
UBUMWE - IBIKORWA - AMAJAMBERE
UNITE - TRAVAIL - PROGRES
5000 (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. Five thousand francs. The counterfeiter is punished with penal servitude. Unity, work, progress.)
Reverse lettering
BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI
CINQ MILLE FRANCS
LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PENALE
LE GOUVERNEUR
LE 1er VICE-GOUVERNEUR
04-07-2018
5000 (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. Five thousand francs. The counterfeiter is punished with penal servitude. The governor, the 1st vice governor.)