Tanzania 1981 2000 shilingi

Ponterio sale 168, lot 40398

photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was part of lot 40398 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $1,086.87. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TANZANIA. 200 Shilingi, 1981. NGC MS-69. Only 110 Pieces minted." This NCLT commemorative was struck to the standard of a Great Britain gold two pounds. It was accompanied by a silver 200 shilingi (KM 14) and a copper-nickel twenty shilingi (KM 13) for the masses. It is safe to say that none of the gold coins issued for Tanzania after independence circulated there.

Recorded mintage: 110.

Specification: 15.98 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-2; KM-5.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

Link to:

• 1978 5 shilingi, F.A.O.
• 1979 10 senti
• 1981 1 shilingi
• 1981 10 shilingi
• 1982 20 senti
• 1984 20 senti
• 1984 1000 shilingi, United Nations Decade for Women
• Coins and currency dated 1981
• return to coins of Tanzania