Catalog
500 Shillings D-Day Bullet, Right side
| Issuer | Bank of Tanzania |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Currency | Shilling (1966-date) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 2019 - Antique Finish - 499 |
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Tanzania has no meaningful connection to the Normandy landings — this is straightforwardly a bullion-adjacent commemorative issued under licensing arrangements that allow Pacific and African sovereigns to produce collector coins on subjects entirely unrelated to their own history. The Bank of Tanzania has issued dozens of such pieces, the legal-tender status nominal and the real market purely hobbyist.
The "bullet" format — a coin struck or shaped to evoke an actual cartridge round — became a recurring gimmick in the numismatic novelty market through the 2010s, with several European mints producing runs for various issuing authorities. KM#122 is the right-side companion to a matching left-side piece, the two designed to be displayed together.