Tanzania - 1,000 Shilling Aurum

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Tanzania 1,000 Shilling Aurum®

24K Gold Note • Legal Tender • Two Designs

Explore the culture, wildlife and waterways of Tanzania with the Tanzania 1,000 Shilling Aurum® 24K Gold Note, available in your choice of Lake Tanganyika Catfish or Kituo Cha Kigoma design.

Authorized as legal tender by the Bank of Tanzania, these distinctive Aurum notes combine official currency with real 24-karat gold and detailed two-sided artwork.

Each note incorporates cultural, geographic and natural imagery while using advanced printed security features to create a unique combination of precious-metal ownership and world-currency collecting.

Product Details

Issuing Country: Tanzania
Issuing Authority: Bank of Tanzania
Denomination: 1,000 Shillings
Format: Aurum® Gold Note
Available Designs: Lake Tanganyika Catfish or Kituo Cha Kigoma
Gold Purity: 24 Karat Gold
Gold Content: 1/1000 Troy Ounce
Gold Weight: Approximately 31.10 mg
Status: Legal Tender
Printing: Two-Sided
Dimensions: Approximately 130 × 65 mm
Manufactured: United States

Lake Tanganyika Catfish

The Lake Tanganyika design celebrates one of Africa's great freshwater ecosystems with aquatic colors, patterns and imagery inspired by the lake.

The obverse features a large Cuckoo Catfish (Synodontis multipunctatus), a species found in Lake Tanganyika, while the reverse depicts a traditional dhow sailing vessel used for fishing and transportation.

Additional artwork includes silhouettes of Lake Tanganyika and Tanzania, smaller catfish elements, traditional textile patterns and motifs based on the Tanzanian Coat of Arms.

Kituo Cha Kigoma

The Kituo Cha Kigoma Aurum celebrates the unique cultures of both Tanzania and Zanzibar while incorporating water as a central theme throughout the design.

Detailed two-sided artwork combines cultural, geographic and natural elements with advanced security features embedded throughout the note.

Official Tanzanian Legal Tender

These 1,000 Shilling Aurum notes were authorized for issuance by the Bank of Tanzania, giving them an additional dimension for collectors of international and legal-tender currency.

Real 24K Gold in an Innovative Format

Each Tanzania 1,000 Shilling Aurum contains 1/1000 troy ounce of 24K gold, approximately 31.10 milligrams.

Aurum® technology incorporates a precise layer of real gold into a thin, durable polymer note, allowing detailed full-color artwork and security printing while maintaining measurable precious-metal content.