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1000 Shilingi
| Issuer | Benki Kuu ya Tanzania (Bank of Tanzania) |
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| Year | 2000 |
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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 JULIUS K. NYERERE 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 2000-dated 1000 Shilingi falls within a period of significant monetary pressure — the country had spent much of the 1990s managing high inflation and structural adjustment conditions tied to IMF programs, which reshaped how aggressively the Bank of Tanzania managed its note issuance. The 1000 Shilingi denomination, once a high-value note, had been progressively eroded by that inflationary history.
Giesecke & Devrient in Leipzig had been printing Tanzanian notes since the early post-independence decades, a relationship that continued without interruption through the reunification of Germany and beyond. The watermark-only security profile on this issue is notably minimal for the denomination and date.