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 zebra facing right, surrounded by the denomination.

The plains zebra, also known as the common zebra or Burchell's zebra, or locally as the "quagga", is the most common and geographically widespread species of zebra. It ranges from the south of Ethiopia through East Africa to as far south as Botswana and eastern South Africa. The plains zebra is a highly social species, forming harems with a single stallion, several mares and their recent offspring; there are also bachelor groups. Groups may come together to form herds. The animals keep watch for predators rather than attempting to hide; they bark or snort when they see a predator, and the harem stallion attacks predators to defend his harem.