Zanzibar rupee
| Zanzibar Rubie | |
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| Country: | Zanzibar |
| Subdivision: | 100 cents |
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Exchange rate : (1936) |
1.5 East African shilling = 1 Zanzibar rupee |
The Zanzibar rupee was a currency in Zanzibar that was valid from 1908 to 1936. Today the banknotes are among the rarest and therefore most valuable in the world.
history
The then British protectorate of Zanzibar published its first own currency in 1908, replacing the current Indian rupee . After only 28 years with its own currency, Zanzibar joined the Currency Board in 1936 and the Zanzibar rupee was replaced by the East African shilling at an exchange rate of 1.5 shillings = 1 Zanzibar rupee .
Coins
In 1908 coins to the value of 1, 10 and 20 cents were issued. 100 cents made 1 rupee. There was only one issue of the coins.
Banknotes
With the date of January 1, 1908, banknotes with the values 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 rupees were printed. The second edition, with the same values, followed on August 1 and September 1, 1916. In the following edition of September 1, 1920, a 1 and a 500 rupee banknote were added. With the printing date of February 1, 1928, the last edition of this currency followed and only with the values 5, 10 and 20 rupees.
Appearance
Coins
The design of all coins is identical. They differ in weight, size or material. On the picture side there is a picture of a palm tree, the trunk of which is entwined by two crossing fish tails. The inscription reads: السلطان علي بن حمود; Translation: Sultan 'Ali bin Hamud
| value | material | Weight | diameter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bronze | 2.79 g | 20.2 mm |
| 10 | bronze | 9.40 g | 30.9 mm |
| 20th | nickel | 4.86 g | 20.37 mm |
Banknotes
The image motif is identical on the notes of all values, but the different values differ in their color.
Overwritten with "The Zanzibar Government", the motif is divided into three parts, with a wider element in the middle and two slightly narrower ones to the left and right of it. As if looking through an oriental column vault in an ornate wall, the outer elements are illustrated, on the left with a dhow in the moonlight, on the right with eight fruit pickers and a ladder.
In the middle is the following text: Promises to pay the bearer on Demand the sum of (Twenty) Rupees - Zanzibar, (January 1st, 1908) - For The Government of Zanzibar . Below, in a colored field, the value is written out in Latin script. Arabic characters are located below this field. The signatures of C. Akers, Financial Member of the Council , and J. Corbitt Davis, Treasurer , grace the lower center. In the lower bar you can read “Waterlow & Sons London Wall London” in small letters. The value of the banknote is shown in Latin script in the corners. The back is blank.
Insofar as this is understandable with today's condition, the basic colors of the values are roughly laid out as follows:
- 1 rupee note: blue
- 5 rupee note: black
- 10 rupee note: red
- 20 rupee note: green
- 50 rupee note: brown
- 100 rupee note: royal blue
Today's value
"It doesn't matter if you don't know where Zanzibar is, just know that all banknotes from Zanzibar are rare and valuable."
"It doesn't matter if you don't know where Zanzibar is, just know that all banknotes from Zanzibar are rare and valuable."
This is what it says on a website and it makes sense that this paper money was only printed in small editions and there are probably fewer than 500 notes received. Some of the rarest banknotes in the world come from Zanzibar. In 2011, a set of four banknotes (5, 10, 20 and 100 rupees) was auctioned off at an auction in London for a total of £ 175,890 (over 200,000 euros). The most valuable is the 500 rupee note.
The coins also garner prices from over $ 2,000 to over $ 4,000.
Web links
- http://www.numismondo.net/pm/zan/ Images of various notes of the Zanzibar rupee
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zanzibar paper money catalog and Zanzibarian currency history , accessed March 7, 2017
- ↑ Zanzibar paper money catalog and Zanzibarian currency history , accessed March 7, 2017
- ↑ a b Numista - Zanzibar Coins (English), accessed on April 22, 2017
- ↑ a b c d Value of Old Banknotes From Zanzibar (English), accessed on March 7, 2017
- ↑ a b c d e The Zanzibar Government Banknotes: The Rarest of them all , accessed on March 7, 2017
- ↑ Value of Zanzibar January 1st 1908 100 Rupees Bank Note , accessed March 7, 2017
- ^ Zanzibar Paper Money 1908-1928 Issues , accessed March 7, 2017
- ↑ Coinfacts - Zanzibar 1908 1 cent (English), accessed on April 22, 2017
- ↑ Coinfacts - Zanzibar 1908 10 cents (English), accessed on April 22, 2017
- ↑ Coinfacts - Zanzibar 1908 20 cents (English), accessed on April 22, 2017