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500 Shillings Year of the Pig
| Issuer | Bank of Tanzania |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Reference(s) | KM# 105 |
| Obverse description | The obverse displays the national coat of arms of Tanzania at center, depicting a shield supported by a man and a woman standing on a base of stylized waves and flora, with a flaming torch at the apex of the shield. A ribbon scroll beneath the supporters carries the national motto UHURU NA UMOJA in the field. The legend TANZANIA arcs along the upper periphery, with the denomination 500 SHILLINGS inscribed along the left edge and the date 2019 positioned at the lower right, all rendered against a mirror-like proof field. |
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| Obverse lettering | TANZANIA UHURU NA UMOJA 500 SHILLINGS 2019 (Translation: Freedom and Unity) |
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Tanzania's "Year of the Pig" issues sit in an increasingly crowded field of sub-Saharan African mint-facility bullion programs, where the issuing sovereign is nominal and the real market is Chinese lunar collectors. The Bank of Tanzania has licensed its name to several such series since the 2000s, with the coins produced entirely abroad — likely at a European private mint — and never circulating domestically.
KM# 105 confirms attribution, though Krause documentation for this series lags collector knowledge by several years.