20 Francs
Features
| Issuer |
Rwanda
 |
|---|---|
| Period |
Republic (1962-date)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1962 |
| Value | 20 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1962-1964) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 130 × 64 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Technique | Overprinted |
| Number | N# 278178 |
| References | P# 1 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Obverse
Polychrome printing, predominantly green and pink. Texts in French.
Frame composed of guilloche patterns with value in the corners. Prefix and numbering in black. On the right, a crocodile on the banks of a river.
Black stamp “National Bank of Rwanda” on a 20 francs from Rwanda-Burundi, with the signature of Governor Jean-Baptiste Habyarimana.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BANQUE D'EMISSION DU RWANDA ET DU BURUNDI
VINGT FRANCS
PAYABLES A VUE
LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PENALE
Translation:
Bank of Emission of Rwanda and Burundi
Twenty Francs
Payable at sight
The counterfeiter os punished with criminal servitude
Reverse
Frame composed of guilloche patterns with value in the corners. Large rosette in the center.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BANQUE D'EMISSION DU RWANDA ET DU BURUNDI
20
VINGT FRANCS
Translation:
Bank of Emission of Rwanda and Burundi
Twenty Francs
Printer
De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)Comments
Overprint on Rwanda-Urundi P#3
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1962) | old date 5.10.1960 | ||||||||||||||
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