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2000 Shilingi 20th Anniversary of Independence
| Issuer | Bank of Tanzania |
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| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The Tanzanian Coat of Arms occupies the central field, depicting two human figures flanking a traditional shield charged with crossed tools and wavy lines, surmounted by a burning torch and supported by a scroll bearing the motto UHURU NA UMOJA. The denomination 2000 appears in large numerals in the lower field, with the legend SHILINGI ELFU MBILI arcing below and two ornamental cross devices flanking the base. The commemorative inscription MIAKA ISHIRINI YA UHURU 1961-1981 curves along the upper periphery, denoting the twentieth anniversary of Tanzanian independence. |
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| Obverse lettering | · MIAKA ISHIRINI YA UHURU 1961-1981 · 2000 SHILINGI ELFU MBILI (Translation: Twenty Years of Independence 2000 Two Thousand Shillings) |
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Tanzania's independence came in December 1961, but the 20th anniversary commemoratives were issued under Julius Nyerere's government at a moment of acute economic strain — the aftermath of the costly 1978–79 war against Idi Amin's Uganda had left the national treasury badly depleted. A gold commemorative of this weight in that fiscal climate was an exercise in foreign currency generation rather than domestic celebration; these pieces were never intended for circulation within Tanzania.
Mintage figures for this issue remain poorly documented in the major references.