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| 背面描述 | A mature African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) strides to the right, accompanied by a calf walking alongside beneath the adult. The composition fills the central field with naturalistic detail, including the animals' characteristic large ears and tusks. The legend SHILINGI ISHIRINI curves along the upper periphery, with the denomination numeral 20 flanked by raised dots centered in the lower field. |
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Tanzania reduced the 20 shilingi in 1992 as part of a broader rationalization of the coinage following years of economic pressure from structural adjustment programs imposed under IMF conditionality. The nickel-plated steel composition replaced the earlier cupro-nickel, a cost-driven decision common across sub-Saharan issuers during the late 1980s and early 1990s as metal costs and inflation eroded the economics of maintaining heavier, pricier blanks.
KM#27.2 is distinguished from the earlier 27.1 solely by the reduced physical specification — same year of issue window, different flan.