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500 Francs
| Issuer | Banque de la République du Burundi |
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| Year | 1968-1976 |
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| Currency | Franc (1962-date) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DU BURUNDI UNITE - UBUMWE TRAVAIL -IBIKORWA PROGRES - AMAJAMBERE IBANKI YA REPUBLIKA Y`UBURUNDI LE CONTREFACTEUR EST PUNI DE SERVITUDE PENALE UWUZOKWIGANA IYI NOTI AZOFUNGWA 500 (Translation: Bank of the Republic of Burundi. Unity, work, progress. The counterfeiter is punished with penal servitude.) |
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| Variants | P#24a - 01.08.1968 P#24b - 01.04.1970 & 01.08.1971 P#24c - 01.07.1973 & 01.06.1975 |
| Comments |
Burundi's post-independence central bank leaned heavily on Thomas De La Rue for its early note production — a common arrangement for francophone African states in the 1960s and 70s where domestic printing infrastructure simply didn't exist. This series ran through an unusually long window for a single design, spanning eight years across a period when Burundi cycled through coups in 1966 and again in 1976, the latter effectively bookending the issue's lifespan.
Date variants within the P#24 series matter more than they might appear — notes signed under Micombero's military government carry different countersignatures than those issued closer to Bagaza's takeover.