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500 Shilingi
| Issuer | Benki Kuu ya Tanzania (Bank of Tanzania) |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of President Ali Hassan Mwinyi in three-quarter front-facing view at right, the national arms vignette at upper centre, and a zebra motif at left; the design is set against a guilloche underprint with the denomination numeral repeated in the background. Inscriptions in Swahili identify the issuing authority, the legal tender clause, and the national motto, with the denomination expressed both in words and numerals. |
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| Obverse lettering | BENKI KUU YA TANZANIA FEDHA HALALI KWA MALIPO YA SHILINGI MIA TANO UHURU NA UMOJA SHILINGI MIA TANO 500 (Translation: Central Bank of Tanzania Legal tender for five hundred shillings Freedom and unity Five hundred shillings) |
| Reverse description | Central vignette of five agricultural workers harvesting cloves, with a seated woman holding a basket at left and a branch bearing clove fruits at right; the composition evokes Tanzania's agricultural economy and the importance of the spice trade. The issuing authority name and denomination appear in Swahili inscriptions framed by guilloche borders. |
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