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1000 Shilingi - Gold Kigoma
| Issuer | Benki Kuu ya Tanzania (Bank of Tanzania) |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 1000 Shilingi 1000 TZS = TRY 17 |
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| Obverse description | Gold-deposited polymer note with teal-toned guilloche underprint. Central vignette shows a Synodontis multipunctatus catfish over an architectural building at Kigoma station, flanked by a palm tree at left and the Tanzanian coat of arms at lower left. Denomination numeral "1000" appears vertically at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | 1/1000TH TROY OZ 24K DHAHABU SAFI BENKI KUU YA TANZANIA 2021 AURUM PURE 24K GOLD 1000 SHILLINGI SYNODONTIS MULTIPUNCTATUS MUNGU IBARIKI AERIKA - MUNGU IBARIKI TANZANIA 1000 ELFU MOJA KITUO CHA KIGOMA |
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Tanzania's 2021 gold-deposited polymer 1000 Shilingi is part of a small but growing category of numismatic-grade circulating issues that use physical metal deposition directly onto the polymer substrate — not foil application, but a genuine thin-layer gold process. The "Kigoma" designation ties this note to the regional series the Bank of Tanzania introduced to celebrate the country's lake regions, with Kigoma sitting on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika.
Gold-deposited polymer remains rare in African central bank issuance. The technique was pioneered commercially by Note Printing Australia and has appeared in only a handful of sovereign issues worldwide prior to Tanzania adopting it here.