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Rwanda banknotes
Rwanda paper money catalog and Rwandan currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • German East African currency, 1890-1916
  • Belgian Congo Franc = 100 Centimes, 1916-1960
  • Rwanda-Burundi Franc = 100 Centimes, 1960-64
  • Rwanda Franc = (old Rwanda-Burundi Franc) = 100 Centimes, from 1964

• For earlier issues see:
  • German East Africa, 1884-1920
  • Belgium Congo, 1920-1960
  • Rwanda-Burundi, 1960-1962
• For later Burundi issues see:
  • Burundi, from 1962

• To purchase Rwandan banknotes, please check our inventory :
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Pick #	Date
		Republic (Belgium Mandate till 1962; Belgium Congo, Rwanda-Burundi)
1-5	(1962)	20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 francs
6-10	1964-74	20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000 francs
11	1974	500 francs
12-15	1978	100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 francs
16-22	1981-89	100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 francs
23-25	1994	500, 1.000, 5.000 francs
26-28	1998	500, 1.000, 5.000 francs
29-33	2003-4	100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 francs
34-37	2007-9	100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 francs
38-41	2013-9	100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 francs
42-	2019-	500 francs