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Tanzania banknotes
Tanzania paper money catalog and Tanzanian currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • German East African Rupee = (Indian Rupee) = 16 Annas = 64 Pesa, till 1906
  • German East African Rupee = 100 Cents, 1906-1918
  • British East Africa Rupee = (Indian Rupee) = 100 Cents, 1918-1920
  • British East Africa Florin = (Rupee) = 100 Cents, 1920-1921
  • British East Africa Shilling = (1/2 Florin) = 100 Cents, 1921-1966
  • Tanzania Shilling = (East Africa Shilling) = 100 Senti, from 1966

• For earlier issues see:
  • German East Africa, German Colony till 1920
  • Tanganyika, British Mandate 1920-1963 (part East Africa)
  • Zanzibar

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Pick #	Date
		Republic, from 1962 (British Colony till 1962)
1-5	(1966)	5, 10, 20, 100, 100 shillings
6-8	(1978)	10, 20, 100 shillings
9-11	(1985)	20, 50, 100 shillings
12-14	(1986)	20, 50, 100 shillings
15-18	(1966)	20, 50, 200 shillings
19-22	(1992)	50, 200, 500, 1.000 shillings
23-29	(1993)	50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000 shillings
30-33	(1997)	500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000 shillings
34	(2000)	1.000 shillings
35-39	(2003)	500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000 shillings
40-	(2010)	500, 1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 10.000 shillings