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100 Shilingi
| Issuer | Bank of Tanzania |
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| Year | 1993-2015 |
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| Thickness | 2.7 mm |
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| Obverse description | Facing slightly left portrait effigy of Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere, first President of Tanzania, depicted in a suit and collar, rendered in moderate relief against a plain field. The portrait is centrally positioned and occupies the majority of the coin's face. A continuous circular legend surrounds the effigy, reading MWALIMU JULIUS K. NYERERE at the top and RAIS WA KWANZA WA TANZANIA at the bottom, separated by decorative double-dot ornaments on each side. The lettering is incuse within the raised border band, rendered in bold Latin characters. |
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| Reverse description | Three running impala (Aepyceros melampus) depicted in dynamic rightward motion across the central field, rendered in moderate relief with fine anatomical detail; two adults with curved horns lead a smaller juvenile. The denomination numeral 100 appears in large bold characters at the bottom of the field. The Swahili legend SHILINGI MIA MOJA curves along the upper left periphery, with the date year positioned to the upper right, all within a plain raised rim. |
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Tanzania's shift to brass-plated steel for this denomination in the early 1990s was a direct response to the cost of maintaining nickel-clad coinage during a period of chronic balance-of-payments stress — the same pressures that had pushed the shilling to a fraction of its 1967 founding value by independence-era standards. The plating on circulated examples tends to flake at the rim first, a known characteristic of the type that dealers use as a wear proxy.