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3 Dollars Tumbatu
| Issuer | Tanzania |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Diameter | 24 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-colour appliqué depicting a large multi-masted sailing ship rendered in a painterly style, shown underway with full sails set and several flags, including what appear to be red cross ensigns, flying from the masts. The vessel is portrayed against a blue sky with white clouds, with a green waterline or ground line visible at the base of the composition. The image fills the entire coin field to the reeded rim, with no legend or inscription present. |
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Tumbatu is a small island off the northwest coast of Zanzibar whose inhabitants — the Watumbatu — maintain a reputation for fierce insularity; historically they refused to allow strangers to spend the night on the island. Tanzania has issued a series of low-denomination fantasy-adjacent pieces under its authority that circulate more in collector channels than in any domestic economy, and this is one of them.