Tanzania 1981 20 shilingi

Tanzania is a union of the former British colonies of Tanganyika and Zanzibar and has been independent since 1964. Julius Nyerere (1922-99), shown on the obverse, was president of Tanzania 1964-85. The copper-nickel twenty shilingi shown was issued 1981, though it is not dated.

Recorded mintage: 997,000.

Specification: copper-nickel.

Catalog reference: KM-13.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1978 5 shilingi, F.A.O.
• 1979 10 senti
• 1981 1 shilingi
• 1981 2000 shilingi, 20th anniversary of independence
• 1982 20 senti
• 1984 20 senti
• 1984 1000 shilingi, United Nations Decade for Women
• Coins and currency dated 1981
• return to coins of Tanzania