Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Senti
| Issuer | Bank of Tanzania |
|---|---|
| Year | 1977-1984 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 10 Senti |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | SENTI KUMI 10 (Translation: Kumi means Ten) |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Tanzania's first post-independence coinage series was launched under considerable pressure to assert a distinct national identity following the 1964 union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar. The 1977 reissue of this denomination coincided with Julius Nyerere's *Ujamaa* collectivization program, which was by that point in serious economic difficulty — agricultural output had collapsed, and Tanzania was increasingly dependent on foreign aid. Coins from the later dates in this run, particularly 1984, circulated into a economy gripped by shortages severe enough that the government briefly considered abandoning the shilingi altogether.