Catalog
1000 Shillings Cheetah
| Issuer | Bank of Tanzania |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse lettering | TANZANIA UHURU NA UMOJA 1000 SHILLINGS (Translation: Tanzania Freedom and Unity 1000 Shillings) |
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| Reverse lettering | SERENGETI WILDLIFE CHEETAH |
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Tanzania's wildlife coinage program has drawn consistent criticism from serious collectors for prioritizing novelty formats over numismatic substance, but the Cheetah issue occupies a defensible position in that catalog — the cheetah population in Tanzania, concentrated largely in the Serengeti ecosystem, has declined sharply since the 1970s due to habitat fragmentation and livestock conflict, giving the subject at least some documentary weight beyond decoration.