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1000 Shilingi
| Issuer | Benki Kuu ya Tanzania (Bank of Tanzania) |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Value | 1000 Shilingi |
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| Obverse lettering | BENKI KUU YA TANZANIA FEDHA HALALI KWA MALIPO YA SHILINGI ELFU MOJA UHURU NA UMOJA SHILINGI ELFU MOJA 1000 (Translation: Central Bank of Tanzania Legal tender for one thousand shillings Freedom and unity One thousand shillings) |
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| Reverse lettering | BENKI KUU YA TANZANIA SHILINGI ELFU MOJA 1000 (Translation: Central Bank of Tanzania One thousand shillings) |
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Tanzania's 1990 currency reform consolidated the shilling series following years of inflation that had badly eroded purchasing power through the 1980s — the 1000 Shilingi denomination, essentially nonexistent in earlier issues, only became practical currency once smaller denominations had become nearly worthless for routine transactions. Thomas De La Rue printed the series under long-standing contract with the Bank of Tanzania, a relationship dating to the country's first post-independence notes in the 1960s.
The watermark is the sole security feature listed for this issue — a relatively sparse specification for a high-value note, reflecting the technological and budgetary constraints common to East African central bank contracts of the period.