10 000 Shilingi

Tanzania's mid-1990s high denominations arrived amid sustained inflationary pressure that had eroded the shilling's purchasing power steadily since the liberalization reforms of the late 1980s. The 10,000 shilling note was, at issuance, worth roughly ten US dollars — a figure that would halve again within a few years without further redenomination.

De La Rue printed the series in London, as they had done for Tanzania across multiple issue generations. The security thread on this pick is a plain metallic type, not the windowed variety De La Rue introduced for other clients around the same period.