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20 Francs
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Rwanda |
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| Year | 1964-1976 |
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| Currency | Franc (1964-date) |
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| Obverse description | The Rwandan national flag, rendered in tricolor with the letter "R" at centre, is shown on a staff at left against a pale guilloche underprint field. To the right, the denomination "VINGT FRANCS" appears in bold intaglio lettering within a large floral guilloche rosette, accompanied by the payable clause and issue date below. Two manuscript signatures appear at bottom centre, attributed to the Administrateur and Gouverneur respectively, with the serial number repeated at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | 20 Banki Nasiyonali y'u Rwanda 20 AMAFRANGA 20 ITEGEKO LIHANA UMUNTU WESE UZIGANA IYI NOTI |
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Rwanda's first post-independence banknotes were issued by the Banque Nationale du Rwanda beginning in 1964, just two years after the country severed its monetary ties with the Belgian Congo franc zone and established the Rwanda franc as its own currency. Thomas De La Rue handled the printing across the full series — a common arrangement for newly independent African states that lacked domestic printing infrastructure.
The P#6 ran for over a decade without significant redesign, an unusually long production run that reflects the country's monetary stability in those years relative to some of its neighbors.