SHILINGI: COIN OF TANZANIA
1 shilingi, 1966: United Republic of Tanzania
The legend on the coin is written in Swahili.
1 - SHILINGI MOJA: 1 - one shilingi.
Right hand holding burning torch.
TANZANIA - 1966.
RAIS WA KWANZA: the first president.
Julius Kambarage Nyerere — Tanzanian anti-colonial activist, politician, the first president of Tanzania (1964-1985).
Coin design: Christopher Ironside (English painter and coin designer, particularly known for the reverse sides of the new British coins issued on decimalisation in 1971).
Mint: Royal Mint (London, United Kingdom).
Mintage: 48.000.000.
- Copper-nickel: 27.7 mm - 8 g
- Reference price: 0.9$
COIN SHILINGI — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (1966-...): shilingi = 100 senti
SHILINGI as coin name used exclusively only to refer to the main currency of Tanzania since 1966. In fact, it is a type of shilling (in fact, many numismatic sources call the Tanzanian currency the Tanzanian shilling).
If we talk about the origin of the name, then everything is simple: shilingi = "shilling" from Swahili (official language in Tanzania).
Why was the money of an African state formed in 1964 given that name? — The reason is that in the first half of the 20th century, the East African shilling was in circulation in these lands. That is, the name shilingi is a British colonial legacy...
