Front: 3rd Coat of arms (1 January 2002)
with raised state name REPUBULIKA Y'U RWANDA
and motto Ubumwe, Umurimo, Gukunda Igihugu
translated: "Unity, Work, Patriotism" above thick value
between (left, composition): AG999 (silver)
(right, year) 2011
legend: (above, publisher in Kinyarwanda) BANKI NASIYONALI Y'U RWANDA
translated: National bank of Rwanda
(low-left, texted currency in Kinyarwanda) AMAFARANGA
translated: Francs
(low-right, texted value in Kinyarwanda) MAGANA ATANU
translated: five hundred
(bottom, thick value) 500
Back: Coloured rabbit (Leporidae) above flowers
inside black rectangle left of (character) 兔 (Tù)
above (stacked subject) YEAR OF THE / RABBIT
between decorations
legend: none
Edge: G - grained, type: bars
