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500 Rupees The Zanzibar Government
| Issuer | The Zanzibar Government |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1908-1935) |
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| Obverse lettering | 500 ESSAY NOTE SPECIMEN the Zanzibar government Promises to pay the Bearer on Demand the Sum of FIVE HUNDRED RUPEES Yuri Minkin Treasurer FREDDIE MERCURY 1946 – 1991 Stone Town 2017 GABRISBANKNOTE 2017 500 |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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This is a fantasy or novelty piece, not an official issue. Zanzibar has not been a sovereign issuer of currency since its 1964 union with Tanganyika to form Tanzania, after which monetary authority passed to the Bank of Tanzania. Any note bearing a "Zanzibar Government" issuer line dated 2017 exists entirely outside any recognized monetary authority — Gabris is a Slovak designer known for producing unlicensed fantasy notes for numerous non-issuing territories.
Collector value is as a curiosity, not as a historical monetary artifact.