The Banknotes of Tanzania

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Want an up-to-date, informative, full-color catalog of Tanzania banknotes? Try The Banknote Book by Owen Linzmayer!
The first catalog number in each listing below is from The Banknote Book.

Bank of Tanzania (1966)

BOT B1as P1s	5 Shillings (14.6.1966)
Specimen. Signature 1. Single-letter serial number prefix. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

BOT B1b P1a	5 Shillings (14.6.1966)
Signature 1. Double-letter serial number prefix. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BOT B2as P2as	10 Shillings (14.6.1966)
Specimen. Signature 1. Single-letter serial number prefix. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

BOT B2e P2d	10 Shillings (14.6.1966)
Signature 4. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B2f P2e	10 Shillings (14.6.1966)
Signature 5. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BOT B3as P3as	20 Shillings (14.6.1966)
Specimen. Signature 1. Single-letter serial number prefix. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

BOT B3b P3a	20 Shillings (14.6.1966)
Signature 1. Double-letter serial number prefix. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BOT B3f P3e	20 Shillings (14.6.1966)
Signature 5. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B4a P4	100 Shillings (14.6.1966)
Signature 1. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B5b P5b	100 Shillings (1966)
Signature 3. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

Benki Kuu Ya Tanzania (1977-present)

BOT B6c P6b	10 Shilingi (1978)
Signature 6. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B6d P6c	10 Shilingi (1978)
Signature 3. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B7c P7b	20 Shilingi (1978)
Signature 6. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B8d P8c	100 Shilingi (1977)
Signature 6. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BOT B9a P9	20 Shilingi (1985)
Signature 3. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B10a P10	50 Shilingi (1985)
Signature 3. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BOT B10a P11	100 Shilingi (1985)
Signature 3. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BOT B12a P12	20 Shilingi (1986)
Signature 3. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BOT B14b P14b	100 Shilingi (1986)
Signature 8. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BOT B15a P15	20 Shilingi (1987)
Signature 3. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B19b P16b	50 Shilingi (1986)
Signature 7. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B19a P19	50 Shilingi (1992)
Signature 8. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B19b P20	200 Shilingi (1992)
Signature 8. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B20c P21c	500 Shillings (1992)
Signature 8. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

BOT B22a P23	50 Shilingi (1993)
Signature 9. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BOT B23a P24	100 Shilingi (1993)
Signature 9. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B25b P26b	500 Shillings (1993)
Signature 10. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

BOT B25c P26c	500 Shilingi (1993)
Signature 11. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B26a P27a	1000 Shilingi (1993)
Signature 9. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B26b P27b	1000 Shilingi (1993)
Signature 10. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B29a P30	500 Shilingi (10.3.1997)
Signature 12. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BOT B30a P31	1000 Shilingi (10.3.1997)
Signature 12. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BOT B31a P32	5000 Shilingi (10.3.1997)
Signature 12. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BOT B32a P33	10000 Shilingi (10.3.1997)
Signature 12. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BOT B33a P34	1000 Shilingi (2000)
Signature 13. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B34a P35	500 Shilingi (3.2.2003)
Signature 14. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B35a P36a	1000 Shilingi (3.2.2003)
Signature 14. Jacket buttoned so that the right side is over the left. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B35b P36b	1000 Shilingi (8.8.2006)
Signature 14. Jacket buttoned so that the left side is over the right. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B36a P37	2000 Shilingi (3.2.2003)
Signature 14. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B37a P38	5000 Shilingi (3.2.2003)
Signature 14. Images courtesy Ron Wise

BOT B38a P39	10,000 Shilingi (3.2.2003)
Signature 14. Images courtesy Ron Wise

Tanzania signature chart:

Sign. #	Signature
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3a
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5	Image unavailable
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6b
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