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5 Shilingi FAO
| Issuer | Bank of Tanzania |
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| Year | 1972-1980 |
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| Value | 5 Shilingi |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing portrait bust of President Julius Kambarage Nyerere occupying the central field of the decagonal flan, rendered in high relief with fine detail. Small stylised grain stalks flank the effigy on either side. The legend TANZANIA and the date 1980 arc across the upper periphery, while the Swahili inscription RAIS WA KWANZA (meaning The First President) curves along the lower periphery. The design is the work of engraver Christopher Ironside. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central design featuring a composition of agricultural motifs symbolic of Tanzania's FAO development programme, including cereal stalks, banana plants, and maize, alongside a dairy cow, representing the fields of agriculture, horticulture, and dairy development. The denomination SHILINGI 5 TANO appears prominently within or around the design, with TANO being the Swahili word for five. The overall arrangement fills the reverse field in a balanced, illustrative style consistent with FAO commemorative coinage of the period. |
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