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1000 Francs Libra
| Issuer | Banki Nkuru y'u Rwanda (National Bank of Rwanda) |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Currency | Franc (1964-date) |
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| Obverse description | The central field features the national coat of arms of Rwanda in high relief, depicting a shield with a traditional woven pattern flanked by a sorghum stalk and a coffee branch, surmounted by a sun and a cog wheel, and supported by a knotted rope at the base. The legend REPUBILKA Y'U RWANDA arcs across a scroll above the shield, while the national motto UBUMWE - UMURIMO - GUKUNDA IGIHUGU is inscribed on a scroll below. The outer legend BANKI NKURU Y'U RWANDA runs along the upper rim, with AMAFARANGA 1000 IGIHUMBI along the lower rim. The fineness mark AG 999 3oz appears at the left field and the date 2009 at the right field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Rwanda's National Bank issued this piece as part of a wave of large-format commemorative silver releases that flooded the collector market in the late 2000s, many produced by the Bavarian State Mint or B.H. Mayer on behalf of African central banks with little domestic minting infrastructure. The Libra series specifically targeted the astrological collector niche, a commercially driven format rather than anything connected to Rwandan monetary history or culture.
The gold plating on these issues varies considerably in adhesion quality across the run — a known production inconsistency worth examining closely on any example.