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2000 Shilingi 20th Anniversary of Independence
| Issuer | Bank of Tanzania |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | A finely modelled truncated bust of President Julius K. Nyerere faces left, portrayed in civilian attire with a suit and open collar, rendered in high relief against a polished field. The portrait is set within a raised inner border, with the encircling legend MWALIMU JULIUS K. NYERERE arcing across the upper periphery and RAIS WA KWANZA WA TANZANIA along the lower, separated by small ornamental cross devices at each side. |
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| Reverse lettering | MWALIMU JULIUS K. NYERERE RAIS WA KWANZA WA TANZANIA (Translation: Teacher Julius K. Nyerere The First President of Tanzania) |
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Tanzania's independence came in December 1961, but the 20th anniversary commemoratives were issued under Julius Nyerere's government at a moment of acute economic strain — the aftermath of the costly 1978–79 war against Idi Amin's Uganda had left the national treasury badly depleted. A gold commemorative of this weight in that fiscal climate was an exercise in foreign currency generation rather than domestic celebration; these pieces were never intended for circulation within Tanzania.
Mintage figures for this issue remain poorly documented in the major references.