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1000 Shilingi
| Issuer | Benki Kuu ya Tanzania (Bank of Tanzania) |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Size | 142 × 71 mm |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents a view of the Kiwira coal mine, with the entrance of the People's Bank of Zanzibar rendered at lower right. Guilloche borders frame the composition throughout, with Swahili inscriptions identifying the issuing institution along the upper margin and the denomination numeral '1000' appearing at lower right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Tanzania's 2000-dated 1000 Shilingi falls within a period of significant monetary pressure — the country had spent much of the 1990s managing high inflation and structural adjustment conditions tied to IMF programs, which reshaped how aggressively the Bank of Tanzania managed its note issuance. The 1000 Shilingi denomination, once a high-value note, had been progressively eroded by that inflationary history.
Giesecke & Devrient in Leipzig had been printing Tanzanian notes since the early post-independence decades, a relationship that continued without interruption through the reunification of Germany and beyond. The watermark-only security profile on this issue is notably minimal for the denomination and date.