Silver Twelfth-Ounce 2025 Nautical Ounce - Victory, Coin from Rwanda - detailed information

Silver Twelfth-Ounce 2025 Nautical Ounce - Victory, Coin from Rwanda
CoinSilver Twelfth-Ounce 2025 Nautical Ounce - Victory

The Rwandan Franc was introduced as the currency of Rwanda in 1964. Apart from its regular circulating coinage, the country has also authorised some foreign mints to issue coins under its jurisdiction, which come in a variety of sizes - including in the small one twelfth of an ounce (1/12 oz) of silver format, denominated usually as 100 Francs. Like any bullion coin though, their actual value is unrelated to the face value, and is based primarily on the metal content and the spot price of that metal on the commodities markets.

This coin is part of the Rwandan Nautical Ounce series which features a new reverse design every year, and commemorates the HMS Victory sailing ship.

HMS Victory, launched in 1765, is renowned as Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson's flagship during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 - the oldest commissioned naval vessel in the world, currently serving as a museum ship and the flagship of the First Sea Lord of the United Kingdom.

MintB. H. Mayer Mint MarkNo mint mark Mintageunknown
Obverse
Rwanda / Silver Twelfth-Ounce 2025 Nautical Ounce - Victory - obverse photo

Within a plain rim, the obverse of the coin features the Coat of Arms of Rwanda. At its centre is a traditional basket, surrounded by the central tribal devices: a stem of sorghum on the left, and a branch of a coffee tree on the right, surmounted on a cog wheel with the sun with its rays above. These are protected by two typical Rwandan shields, one on the right and one on the left. The design is encircled by a rope, tied below in a square knot.

On a ribbon above, REPUBULIKA Y'U RWANDA (Republic of Rwanda); on a ribbon below, the motto UBUMWE · UMURIMO · GUKUNDA IGIHUGU (Unity, Work, Patriotism in Kinyarwanda - the official Rwandan language).

Around above, the name of the issuing authority: BANKI NKURU Y'U RWANDA (National Bank of Rwanda; in French: Banque Nationale du Rwanda; abbreviated as BNR).

Around below, the face value AMAFARANGA 10 ICUMI (10 FRW - ten Rwandan Francs).

Obverse Inscription BANKI NKURU Y'U RWANDA AMAFARANGA 10 ICUMI
Reverse
Rwanda / Silver Twelfth-Ounce 2025 Nautical Ounce - Victory - reverse photo

The reverse design depicts the HMS Victory sailing ship under full sail.

Above right, a compass rose (sometimes called a "wind rose") showing the main directions, with "rhumb lines" radiating from it into the background of the design. In an oval above the ship, encircled by a rope, navigational instruments of the time: spyglass, compass and sextant.

On the waves below, the name of the ship: HMS Victory.

Around left, the name of the coin series: NAUTICAL OUNCE.

Around above right, the date of issue 2025. Around below right, facing outward, the precious metal content: 1/12 oz FINE SILVER 999 (one twelfth of a troy ounce of 99.9% silver).

Reverse Inscription HMS Victory NAUTICAL OUNCE 2025 1/12 oz FINE SILVER 999
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Notes

Finish: bullion (Brilliant Uncirculated).

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Silver Twelfth-Ounce 2025 Nautical Ounce - Victory: Details
CountryRwanda
CurrencyRwandan Franc
Coin TypeSilver Twelfth-Ounce (1/12 oz), Bullion
Issued2025
SymbolCoat of Arms of Rwanda
Face Value10 (x Franc)
Mintageunknown
CurrentYes
Material0.999 Silver
TechnologyMilled (machine-made)
ShapeRound
OrientationMedal Alignment (Axis 0)
Size25.0000 mm
Mass2.5900 g
OCC IDNXYD-ENZC-MDNM-EVRB
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