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Burundian franc

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All coins of the Burundian franc

ISO 4217 Code BIF

User(s) Burundi

Inflation 16%

Source The World Factbook, 2005 est.

Subunit

1/100 centime

Symbol FBu

Coins 1, 5, 10 francs

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

Central bank

Burundi Central Bank

Website www.brb.bi

The franc (ISO 4217 code is BIF) is the currency of Burundi. It is nominally subdivided into 100 centimes, although coins have never been issued in centimes since Burundi began issuing its own currency. Only during the period when Burundi used the Belgian Congo franc were centime coins issued.

1 History
2 Coins
3 Banknotes
4 Historical exchange rates
5 External links

[edit] History

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.

[edit] Coins

Issues come in denominations of:

1 franc of aluminium-bronze in 1965 and aluminium since 1976
5 francs of aluminium in 1976 and 1980.
10 francs of cupronickel in 1968 and 1971.

[edit] Banknotes

It seems likely that, with the 2005 issue of 10 and 20 franc notes and given 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

[edit] 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

Current BIF exchange rates

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[edit] External links

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