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Tanzanian shilling

Tanzanian shilling: a currency still in use.

Dates in use
Still in use; introduction date not established here
Currency code
TZS
Ancestry branch
Indian rupee

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Tanzanian shilling: documented and qualified family connections PREDECESSORS THIS CURRENCY SUCCESSORS East African shillingEast African shilling 1966 · date range · DocumentedOne Tanzanian shilling for one EastAfrican shilling under s.36; old tenderDocumented connection · 1966 · date range · One Tanzanian shilling for one East African shilling under s.36; old tender and exchange windows separately governed by ss.33–34. Tanzanian shillingTanzanian shilling TZS No successor is established here.

The story

The surviving evidence establishes this unit of account, but a fuller narrative is still being developed. Its known connections are shown above; the research page documents what is established and what remains uncertain.

Turning points

Issuer operations begin

The Bank of Tanzania dates the beginning of its operations to 14 June 1966. [1]

First note issue catalogued

The specialist Banknote Book catalogue dates introduction of the first 5-, 10-, 20- and 100-shilling issues to 14 June 1966. [2]

Sources and evidence

  1. Bank of Tanzania · History of the Bank of Tanzania C470 ↗
  2. BanknoteNews / The Banknote Book; copy hosted by Bank of Tanzania · The Banknote Book: Tanzania, 6 September 2011 edition C471 ↗

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“Tanzanian shilling.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000236.html

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