50 Francs
Features
| Issuer |
Rwanda
 |
|---|---|
| Issuing bank | National Bank of Rwanda (Banki Nkuru/Nasiyonali y'u Rwanda) |
| Period |
Republic (1962-date)
|
| Type | Standard circulation banknotes |
| Year | 1962 |
| Value | 50 Francs |
| Currency | Franc (1962-1964) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 140 × 67 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Technique | Overprinted |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 278179 |
| References | P# 2 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes). |
Obverse
Polychrome printing, predominantly red and gray. Texts in French.
Background composed of guilloche patterns with value in the corners. Prefix and numbering in black. On the right, a lioness resting in the shade of a bush.
Black stamp “National Bank of Rwanda” on a 50 francs from Rwanda-Burundi, with the signature of Governor Jean-Baptiste Habyarimana.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
BANQUE D'EMISSION DU RWANDA ET DU BURUNDI
CINQUANTE FRANCS
PAYABLES A VUE
LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PENALE
Translation:
Bank of Emission of Rwanda and Burundi
Fifty Francs
Payable at sight
The counterfeiter os punished with criminal servitude
Reverse
Background composed of guilloche patterns and rosettes with value in the corners. Texts in French. Large red rosette in the center.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
50
BANQUE D'EMISSION DU RWANDA ET DU BURUNDI
Translation: Bank of Emission of Rwanda and Burundi
Printer
Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990)Comments
Overprint on Rwanda-Urundi P#4
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (1962) | old date 1960 | ||||||||||||||
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