Country:

Tanzania

Series:

1961~Today - Circulation - Shilling

Catalog codes:

World Coins km72
Colnect codes TZ-000055

Themes:

Animals (Fauna) | Buffaloes | Cattle | Geometric Shapes | Heads of State | Mammals | Statesmen

Issued on:

2014

Last issue date:

2019

Distribution:

Standard Circulation

Mints:

Royal Mint, Llantrisant, Wales, Great Britain (1968~Today)

Composition:

Nickel plated Steel

Edge:

Reeded/grained

Orientation:

Medal alignment ↑O↑

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Not decorated. Both sides

Weight:

9.5 grams

Diameter:

27.5 mm

Thickness:

2.4 mm

Face value:

500 TSh - Tanzanian shilingi

Score:

29% Accuracy: Very High

Description:

Front: African Buffalo (left, Syncerus caffer) looking to the front
on a grasy landscape
between (top) oval latent image "BOT"
(left/right) arces (bottom, value) 500
legend: (texted value in swahili, left) SHILINGI
(right) MIA TANO (five hundred)
Back: Bust of 1st President of Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume
(front-left, 1964-1972) inside a circle
legend: (left, name) SHEIKH ABEID AMANI KARUME
(top, bottom-left/right, spacers/dots) •
(right, title) RAIS WA KWANZA WA ZANZIBAR
(translated: 1st President of Zanzibar)
(bottom, year) 2014
Edge: G - grained, type: ridges