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In 1964, coins were introduced for 1, 5 and 10 francs, with the 1 and 10 francs in cupronickel and the 5 francs in bronze. In 1969, aluminium 1 franc coins were introduced, followed in 1970 by 1 ⁄ 2 and 2 francs also in aluminium. A reduced sized copper-nickel 10 franc coin was issued in 1974. Brass 20 and 50 francs were introduced in 1977.
The franc became the currency of Rwanda and Burundi in 1916, when the two countries were occupied by Belgium and the Belgian Congo franc replaced the German East African rupie. In 1960, the Belgian Congo franc was replaced by the Ruanda-Urundi franc, issued by the Banque d'Émission du Rwanda et du Burundi (BERB).
KSh: shilling Kenyan shilling: Sh.So. shilling Somali shilling [17] USh: shilling Ugandan shilling: S/ sol Peruvian sol ⃀ сом som: som Kyrgyzstani som: Kyrgyz National Bank approved the underlined С (Cyrillic Es) as currency symbol (2017) [18] U+20C0 ⃀ SOM SIGN: SM: somoni Tajikistani somoni: сўм sum: sum Uzbekistani sum ৳ Tk: taka ...
ISO 4217 currency code Currency sign Country Algerian dinar: DZD DA (Latin) دج (Arabic) Algeria: Angolan kwanza: AOA Kz Angola: Botswana pula: BWP P Botswana: Burundian franc: BIF FBu Burundi: Cape Verdean escudo: CVE Cabo Verde: CFA franc There are two different currencies called the CFA franc: the West African CFA franc (XOF) and the ...
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Regular issues of this bank began in denominations of 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1,000 and 5,000 francs. 10 francs were replaced by coins in 1968. 2,000 franc notes were introduced in 2001, followed by 10,000 francs in 2004. Photographer Kelly Fajack's image of school kids in Burundi was used on the back of the Burundian 10,000 franc note.
Usage of: West African CFA franc Central African CFA franc The West African CFA franc (French: franc CFA or simply franc, ISO 4217 code: XOF; abbreviation: F.CFA) is the currency used by eight independent states in West Africa which make up the West African Economic and Monetary Union: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo.
The economy is managed by the central National Bank of Rwanda and the currency is the Rwandan franc; in June 2010, the exchange rate was 588 francs to the United States dollar. [24] Rwanda joined the East African Community in 2007 and there were plans for a common East African shilling , which it had been hoped would be in place by 2015, [ 25 ...