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500 Shillings Queen Mother African Tour
| Issuer | Bank of Tanzania |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Obverse description | The Tanzanian national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a shield supported by two female figures standing on a grassy mound, with crossed axes and a traditional spear behind the shield. A torch of freedom surmounts the shield, and a ribbon below bears the national motto in Latin script. The country name TANZANIA arcs along the upper legend, while the date 1997 appears prominently in the lower field. |
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| Reverse description | A finely engraved scene commemorates the 1925 East African Tour, depicting the Duke and Duchess of York — later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother — standing together in safari attire amid African savanna vegetation, with an elephant visible in the right background and an acacia tree in the distance. The figures are rendered in high relief within a dotted inner border. The curved legend QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER arcs along the upper periphery, while THE DUKE AND DUCHESS · EAST AFRICAN TOUR 1925 runs along the inner circle. The denomination 500 SHILLINGS is inscribed in the lower exergue. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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