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Zanzibar banknotes
Zanzibar paper money catalog and Zanzibarian currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Indian Rupee = 16 Annas = 64 Pesa, till 1908
  • Zanzibar Rupee = (Indian Rupee) = 100 Cents, 1908-1936
  • British East Africa Shilling = (1/2 Rupee) = 100 Cents, 1936-1966
  • Tanzania Shilling = (East Africa Shilling) = 100 Senti, from 1966

• For later issues see:
  • Tanganyika, British Mandate 1920-1963 (part East Africa)
  • Tanzania, from 1964

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