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20 Shilingi 20th Anniversary of Independence
| Issuer | Bank of Tanzania |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Weight | 16.000 g |
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| Reverse description | The arms of Tanzania displayed at centre, comprising a shield supported by a male figure to the left and a female figure to the right, with a burning torch at the apex of the shield, a crossed axe and hoe in the upper quarters, and waves and a clove sprig in the lower quarters; the motto scroll at the base reads UHURU NA UMOJA. The numeral 20 appears in the lower field beneath the arms. A circular legend around the periphery reads MIAKA ISHIRINI YA UHURU 1961-1981 above and SHILINGI ISHIRINI below, with small decorative cross stops separating the legends. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Tanzania's independence from British rule came in December 1961 under Julius Nyerere, who then spent the following two decades steering the country through his Ujamaa socialist experiment — a policy of forced villagization that, by 1981, had left the economy in serious strain. The commemorative program that produced this coin was itself partly a foreign-exchange exercise, with silver issues primarily sold to overseas collectors rather than circulated domestically.
A base-metal version (KM#13) was struck for local circulation; the .925 silver variant was the export product.