Depicts Julius Nyerere facing left flanked by flowers, name of country and year of the issue above, the title 'First President' underneath.

Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922–1999), the Tanzanian leader from 1960 to 1985, known as Baba wa Taifa (Father of the Nation), implemented the Arusha Declaration in 1967, promoting ujamaa or African socialism. Despite his vision, Nyerere's policies led to economic decline, corruption, and scarcity of goods. His forced relocation of the population to collective farms in the early 1970s resulted in villages being burned, pushing the nation to the brink of starvation and dependence on foreign aid. In 1985, after over two decades in power, Nyerere handed over leadership to Ali Hassan Mwinyi. Although progress was made in health and education, Tanzania remained one of the world's poorest and aid-dependent nations. Julius Nyerere's legacy is debated in Tanzania due to these mixed outcomes.

Depicts a cheetah with offspring. The denomination in digits below, in a written form (Swahili) above.

The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), renowned for its exceptional speed, boasts a tawny to creamy white coat adorned with distinctive black spots. Clocking in as the fastest land animal, it can reach speeds of 93 to 104 km/h (58 to 65 mph) due to its specialized adaptations for velocity. This cat, identified in the late 18th century, comes in four recognized subspecies native to Africa and central Iran, with an African subspecies introduced to India in 2022. Inhabiting diverse environments like the Serengeti savannah and Saharan mountain ranges, the cheetah faces threats such as habitat loss, human conflict, poaching, and disease susceptibility, leading to its Vulnerable status on the IUCN Red List, with a global population estimated at 7,100 individuals in 2016.

Encountering a cheetah on a Tanzanian safari is a memorable experience, particularly in iconic regions like the Serengeti and the Maasai Mara, where the majority of the population resides. While native to a broad expanse of Africa, cheetahs have sadly vanished from at least 13 countries in the last 50 years. Today, they are most commonly found in East Africa's Tanzania and Kenya, as well as South Africa's Namibia and Botswana.