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2500 Shilingi Hyena
| Issuer | Bank of Tanzania |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Value | 2500 Shilingi |
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| Reverse description | Two spotted hyenas are depicted in the central field: a juvenile facing left in the foreground and a second animal shown in profile to the right, both rendered in fine relief against a deeply mirrored proof field. The legend SERENGETI WILDLIFE arcs along the upper border, accompanied by decorative bead-and-bar ornaments flanking the text. The species name HYENA appears in the mid-field to the right of the animals. The denomination 2500 is inscribed at the base of the design, with the full Swahili value SHILINGI ELFU MBILI MIA TANO arcing along the lower periphery. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Tanzania's large-format silver issues of the late 1990s were produced primarily for the collector export market, with virtually no intention of domestic circulation. The 2500 shilingi denomination had no practical monetary function at the time of issue — Tanzania's everyday economy operated in coins worth a fraction of a percent of this piece's face value, let alone its silver content.
The hyena, routinely underestimated as mere scavenger, is in fact a primary predator across East African savanna ecosystems — a corrective point that wildlife conservation organizations were actively pressing during this period.