Tanzania. Bank of Tanzania (Benki Kuu Ya Tanzania). 2010-2020 Issues. 500 shillings Type 2010. Date: January 1, 2011. Dimensions: 120 x 60 mm. Watermark: Julius Kambarage Nyerere with electrotype 500. Material: Paper. Motion windowed security thread. Printer: Crane, USA. Front and back: Polychrome printing predominantly green. Description of the front: Background made up of geometric patterns with the value in the corners. Prefix and ascending numbering in black and red. On the right, a portrait of Sheikh Amani Abeid Karume. Coat of arms of Tanzania in the center. Texts in Swahili. Combination of signatures with the Minister of Finance (or Waziri wa Fedha), Mustafa Mkulo and the Governor (or Gavana), Benno Ndulu. Description of the back: Background made up of guilloche patterns with the value in the corners. Texts in English. View of the entrance hall of the University of Dar es Salaam and a procession of graduate students. Snake coiled on a stick (symbol of the tree of life).