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5000 Francs Kawasaki KI-100
| Issuer | Banque de la République du Burundi |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 5000 Francs |
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| Obverse description | At the center of the obverse, a stylized lion head is depicted facing forward, serving as the national emblem of Burundi. Beneath the lion head, the national motto appears in French. The legend REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI and the date 2015 are inscribed around the upper periphery, while the denomination 5000 Francs and the fineness notation 20g 999 Silver appear along the lower portion of the coin. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI 2015 UNITÉ ~ TRAVAIL ~ PROGRÈS ~5000 Francs ~ 20g 999 Silver ~ (Translation: REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI 2015 UNITY ~ WORK ~ PROGRESS ~5000 Francs ~ 20g 999 Silver ~) |
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The Ki-100 was a late-war Japanese Army interceptor born from necessity rather than design: Kawasaki had a surplus of Ki-61 airframes but a critical shortage of the liquid-cooled engines they were built around. Engineers grafted a Mitsubishi radial engine onto the existing fuselage in a matter of weeks, and the resulting aircraft outperformed nearly everything Japan had left flying in 1945. Burundi's inclusion of this aircraft in a numismatic series is a purely commercial decision — the country has no historical connection to the Pacific air war whatsoever.