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Tanzania 20 Shillings (1985)

Item Code: TZ-9

Obverse: Effigy of President Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922–1999). Coat of arms depicting male and female holding elephant tusks. Uhuru flaming torch. Ornamental guilloche pattern, lathework. Reverse: Male workers operating machinery at tyre factory. Map outline of Tanzania with islands of Mafia, Pemba and Zanzibar omitted. Watermark: Head of a giraffe. Security features: Consecutively running black horizontal serial numbers on the obverse of the banknote. Solid, fully embedded, vertical 1/2 mm wide security tread. Flaming Uhuru Torch as a see-through register device. Denomination '20' hi-lite block and Uhuru Torch fluoresce when exposed to an ultraviolet light. Tactile feature: N/a. Main colour: Purple violet. Signature: Cleopa David Msuya (Minister for Finance – Waziri wa Fedha, 6 November 1985 – March 1990); Charles Nyirabu (Governor – Gavana, January 1974 – January 1989). Artist: Unknown. Date of issue: Circa 1985. Total emission: N/a. Demonetised: Unknown. Material: Cotton fibre paper. Issuer: Bank of Tanzania. Printing method: Intaglio. Printer: De La Rue & Company, Limited, London (DLR).
 

 
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Dimensions: 139 x 69 mm
 

Texts: Bank of Tanzania. Benki Kuu ya Tanzania. Legal Tender for Twenty Shillings. Fedha halali kwa malipo ya Shilingi Ishirini. Uhuru Na Umoja.

 
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