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500 Shillings D-Day Bullet, Right side
| Uitgever | Bank of Tanzania |
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| Jaar | 2019 |
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| Waarde | 500 Shilingi |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | The obverse face of this sculptural coin is designed to represent the flat, embossed right-hand side of a .45 ACP cartridge case. At the upper portion of the field, the commemorative legend D-DAY is incused in bold capital letters, with JUNE 6, 1944 inscribed immediately below. At centre, a raised circular element represents the primer of the cartridge case in high relief. In the lower portion, the Tanzanian coat of arms is rendered within a raised circular cartouche, flanked by the legend TANZANIA above and 500 SHILLINGS below. The date 2019 appears at the lower right of the field. |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Latin |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
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.