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2000 Shilingi Save The Children Fund
| Issuer | Bank of Tanzania |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#25, Schön#29 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a young standing child tending to a calf in a rural African landscape, with a traditional thatched hut and stylized acacia trees visible in the background. The scene is rendered in finely detailed relief, evoking themes of childhood, agriculture, and community. The upper legend '· SAVE THE CHILDREN ·' arcs around the upper periphery, while the denomination 'SHILINGI 2000 ELFU MBILI' curves along the lower portion of the coin. The composition is framed by a reeded border. |
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The Save the Children Fund, founded in Britain in 1919 by Eglantyne Jebb following the humanitarian crisis of World War I and its aftermath, became a recurring subject for commemorative coinage across developing nations in the late 1980s and early 1990s — often tied to UNICEF partnerships and international donor-visibility campaigns. Tanzania's participation reflected both genuine organizational presence in the country and the broader hard-currency revenue strategy that drove most East African commemorative programs of the period. These issues were minted for export, not domestic circulation.