2000 Shillings

Tanzania's 2000 Shilling note entered circulation as part of a broader series refresh that coincided with the Bank of Tanzania's push to standardize anti-counterfeiting measures across denominations following a period of reported forgery activity in East African markets. Thomas De La Rue's involvement in the series is longstanding — the Bank of Tanzania has maintained that relationship through multiple redesign cycles since the 1960s.

P#42 sits in the upper-middle range of the shilling denominations, practically useful but not the workhorse note of daily commerce. Holographic strip placement on De La Rue Tanzania issues of this period occasionally shows minor misalignment — worth checking on any example claimed as uncirculated.