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1000 Shillings Elephant
| Issuer | Bank of Tanzania |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#96 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed, high-relief portrait of an adult African bull elephant dominates the field in a frontal composition, its large ears spread wide and prominent ivory tusks curving downward. In the middle ground to the right, a juvenile elephant walks toward the viewer beside a stylized acacia tree, while two additional elephants are depicted in low relief on the left horizon, evoking the open savannah landscape. The word ELEPHANT is inscribed in Roman capitals along the upper arc of the field, and the date 2016 appears in the lower exergue, all struck in antique finish silver to enhance surface detail and depth. |
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Tanzania's elephant-themed bullion issues occupy an unusual niche: they are legal tender coins produced primarily for the international collector and investor market, bearing no practical relationship to domestic circulation. The 1000-shilling face value is nominal — a legal fiction that allows the piece to be classified as coinage rather than a medal or round, with all the import and tax implications that distinction carries in various jurisdictions.