Burundian franc

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The franc (ISO 4217 code is BIF) is the currency of Burundi. It is subdivided into 100 centimes, although coins have never been issued in centimes. Only under the Belgium congo franc were these low denomination's issued.

The franc became the currency of Burundi in 1916, when Belgium occupied the former German colony and replaced the German East African rupie with the Belgian Congo franc. Burundi used the currency of Belgian Congo until 1960, when it began issuing its own francs.

Contents

1 Coins
2 Banknotes
3 Historical exchange rates
4 External links

Coins

Issues come in denominations of:

1 franc of Aluminium/Bronze for 1965 issue and Aluminium from 1976 to present issue
5 francs made of Aluminium in 1976 and 1980.
10 francs of Cupronickel in 1968 and 1971.

Banknotes

It seems likely with the recent issue of a 10 and 20 franc notes in 2005, the small value of 10 and 20 francs as well as the economic situation that coins have fallen out of use.

10 francs
20 francs
50 francs
100 francs
500 francs
1000 francs
2000 francs
5000 francs
10000 francs

Historical exchange rates

In March 2005 the exchange rate per U.S. dollar was 547.96. And on the 3 January 2006 was valued at 925 per US$1

External links

[Coins]
[Banknotes]

Currencies of Africa
North	Algerian dinar > Euro (Plaza de soberanía) \| Egyptian pound \| Libyan dinar \| Mauritanian ouguiya \| Moroccan dirham \| Sudanese dinar \| Tunisian dinar
Central	Angolan kwanza > Burundian franc \| Central African CFA franc (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon) \| Congolese franc \| Rwandan franc
West	Cape Verdean escudo > Euro (Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira) \| Gambian dalasi \| Ghanaian cedi \| Guinean franc \| Liberian dollar \| Nigerian naira \| São Tomé and Príncipe dobra \| Sierra Leonean leone \| West African CFA franc (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo)
East	Comorian franc > Djiboutian franc \| Eritrean nakfa \| Ethiopian birr \| Kenyan shilling \| Seychelles rupee \| Somali shilling \| Somaliland shilling \| Tanzanian shilling \| Ugandan shilling
South	Botswana pula > Euro (Mayotte, Réunion) \| Lesotho loti \| Malawian kwacha \| Malagasy ariary \| Mauritian rupee \| Mozambican metical \| Namibian dollar \| Norwegian krone (Bouvet Island de jure) \| Saint Helena pound \| South African rand \| Swazi lilangeni \| Zambian kwacha \| Zimbabwean dollar
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