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1000 Shilingi - Gold Kigoma
| Issuer | Benki Kuu ya Tanzania (Bank of Tanzania) |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Size | 130 x 66 mm |
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| Reverse description | Gold-deposited polymer reverse with teal guilloche border. A panoramic aerial vignette of Stone Town, Zanzibar occupies the right field, with a figure in relief at upper left. The denomination "1000" appears vertically at left within a lathed guilloche column, and a serial number is printed at lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | BANK OF TANZANIA ONE THOUSAND SHILLINGS 1000 US & INTERNATIONAL PATENTS PENDING STONETOWN, ZANZIBAR LEGAL TENDER 1000 SHILLINGS PILIOCOLOBUS KIRKII GOD BLESS AFRICA - GOD BLESS TANZANIA |
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Tanzania's 2021 gold-deposited polymer 1000 Shilingi is part of a small but growing category of numismatic-grade circulating issues that use physical metal deposition directly onto the polymer substrate — not foil application, but a genuine thin-layer gold process. The "Kigoma" designation ties this note to the regional series the Bank of Tanzania introduced to celebrate the country's lake regions, with Kigoma sitting on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika.
Gold-deposited polymer remains rare in African central bank issuance. The technique was pioneered commercially by Note Printing Australia and has appeared in only a handful of sovereign issues worldwide prior to Tanzania adopting it here.