500 Shilingi

500 Shilingi - obverse500 Shilingi - reverse

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Features

Issuer Tanzania
Issuing entity Bank of Tanzania (Benki Kuu ya Tanzania)
Period Republic (1964-date)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1997
Value 500 Shilingi
500 TZS = USD 0.19
Currency Shilling (1966-date)
Composition Paper
Size 134 × 68 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
208052
References P# 30
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Giraffe head at right, zebra at left, arms at centre

Script: Latin

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

Five people harvesting cloves at centre, seated woman with basket at left, branch with fruits at right

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BENKI KUU YA TANZANIA
SHILINGI MIA TANO
500

Translation:
Central Bank of Tanzania
Five hundred shillings

Watermark

Giraffe head

Printer

Giesecke+Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient), Leipzig, Germany (1852-date)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1997)  $ 5.40

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