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1000 Rupees The Zanzibar Government
| Issuer | The Zanzibar Government |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Colorful polymer fantasy note with two see-through windows integrated into the design. A vignette of Freddie Mercury appears at right, with guilloche underprint across the face. Inscriptions identify the issuer and bear the commemorative dates 1946–1991. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a domed Stone Town mosque set amid trees, framed by a geometric guilloche border. A Zanzibar Red Colobus monkey (Piliocolobus kirkii) appears at left with its Latin name captioned below. Denomination numerals at lower left and upper right flank an Arabic inscription; a clear window occupies the right margin. |
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Zanzibar has no independent central bank and issues no legal tender currency of its own — it uses the Tanzanian shilling. This note has no monetary authority behind it, no issuing institution in any regulatory sense, and no circulation history. It is a fantasy or novelty piece, produced entirely outside any official framework, which explains why a Slovak designer's name appears in the credits rather than any government printer or security printing house.
Gabris has produced similar privately-designed polymer pieces for other territories with contested or nominal sovereignty. Collectors should classify it accordingly.