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500 Shilingi
| Issuer | Bank of Tanzania |
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| Year | 2014-2019 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust portrait of Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume, first President of Zanzibar, depicted in suit and tie with a realistic, high-relief rendering centered in the field. A raised inner border separates the portrait from the surrounding legend. The circular legend reads SHEIKH ABEID AMANI KARUME · RAIS WA KWANZA WA ZANZIBAR, with the date 2014 prominently placed at the base between two raised dots. |
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| Reverse description | A Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) stands in profile facing left at center, rendered in fine naturalistic detail against a savanna landscape with scattered vegetation and grasses in the exergual area. An oval latent image security feature occupies the upper portion of the field, displaying the numeral 500 or the initials BOT depending on the viewing angle. The denomination 500 appears in large numerals at the base, flanked by the Swahili legend SHILINGI MIA TANO arranged along the left and right inner borders. |
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| Mintage | 2014 - - 2019 - - |
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