500 Shilingi
Obverse
Abeid Amani Karume Portrait facing slightly to left.
Lettering: SHEIKH ABEID AMANI KARUME·RAIS WA KWANZA WA ZANZIBAR ·2014·
Reverse
Buffalo facing slightly left, above it a latent image (showing a number or a text) The African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Binomial Name: Syncerus caffer)
Lettering: 500 or BOT (latent image) SHILINGI MIA TANO 500
Basic Information
Category
Coin
Ruler
Republic (Wikidata)
Technique
Milled
Orientation
medal
Demonetization
No
Face Value
500 Shilingi (Numeric: 500)
References
Schön #37
Physical Characteristics
Composition
Nickel plated steel
Weight
9.5 g
Size
27.5 mm
Thickness
2.4 mm
Shape
Round
Technical Details
Obverse Lettering
SHEIKH ABEID AMANI KARUME·RAIS WA KWANZA WA ZANZIBAR ·2014·
Reverse Lettering
500 or BOT (latent image) SHILINGI MIA TANO 500
Market Prices by Year
| Date | 2014 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Mint | - | - |
| Mintage | - | - |
| G | - | - |
| VG | - | - |
| F | 1.53EUR | - |
| VF | 1.53EUR | - |
| XF | 1.86EUR | - |
| AU | 1.86EUR | 1.33EUR |
| UNC | 1.86EUR | 1.33EUR |
Comments
Abeid Amani Karume (1905-1972)
First President of Zanzibar(26 April 1964 – 7 April 1972) and
First Vice President of Tanzania (29 October 1964 – 7 April 1972)
A video on YouTube showing the latent image, when moving hands near the camara it is possible to get either image to show, yet by rotating the coin that works even better: https://youtu.be/Ggqcysfl3qI
