Tanzania 1988 10 shilingi

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 73589

This specimen was lot 73589 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $65. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TANZANIA. 10 Shilingi, 1988. Kings Norton Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-66 Gold Shield. Year two in a brief three year series, this steel gray Gem--featuring the bust of President Nyerere--fully radiates and is surpassed in the PCGS census by just three examples. Ex: Kings Norton Mint Collection." 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 ten shilingi shown was issued 1987-89. It recycled a design used on a twenty shilingi of 1981 (KM 13). In 1982, US$1 = 9.4 shillings.

Recorded mintage: 10,000,000.

Specification: 9.70 g, copper-nickel, 29 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 20.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The June 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• 1982 20 senti
• 1984 20 senti
• 1984 1000 shilingi, United Nations Decade for Women
• 1986 100 shilingi, elephants, World Wildlife Fund
• 1986 2000 shilingi, sunbird, World Wildlife Fund
• 1987 5 shilingi
• 1989 10 shilingi
• Coins and currency dated 1988