Bunyoro Rabbit & President Mwinyi Tanzania 50 Senti Authentic Coin Charm for Jewelry and Craft Making

Bunyoro Rabbit & President Mwinyi Tanzania 50 Senti Authentic Coin Charm for Jewelry and Craft Making

Obverse
Ali Hassan Mwinyi - Bust facing right
(Second President of Tanzania)

Lettering: TANZANIA

Reverse: Rabbit facing left
Binomial name: Leporidae Poelagus

Lettering:
SENTI HAMSINI -- 50
Translation: Cents: Fifty

Features
Issuer Tanzania
Period Republic (1964-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1988-1990
Value 50 Senti
0.50 TZS = 0.00022 USD
Currency Shilling (1966-date)
Composition Nickel clad steel
Weight 4 g
Diameter 20.9 mm
Thickness 1.8 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number N# 1961
References KM# 26, Schön# A24

Wikipedia:
The Bunyoro rabbit has a head and body length of about 440 to 500 millimetres (17 to 20 in) and a weight of 2 to 3 kilograms (4.4 to 6.6 lb). Both the hind legs and ears are shorter than in other African species, and the coat is coarser. The general body colour is greyish-brown and the tail is yellowish above and white beneath.

Distribution and habitat
The Bunyoro rabbit is native to Central Africa. Its range extends from southern Chad and South Sudan to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Kenya as far south as the northern end of Lake Tanganyika. There is a separate population in Angola. Its favoured habitat is damp savannah, often with rocky outcrops. It also occurs in woodland where Isoberlinia spp. trees grow and sometimes in forests. It is often associated with rock hyrax and may use the same crevices among rocks in which to hide, and in the Rift Valley it occupies the same type of habitat as rockhares (Pronolagus spp.) do in southern Africa.

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Wikipedia:
Ali Hassan Mwinyi (born 8 May 1925 in Kivure, Pwani Region, Tanzania) is a Tanzanian politician who served as the second President of the United Republic of Tanzania from 1985 to 1995. Previous posts include Interior Minister and Vice President. He also was chairman of the ruling party, the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) from 1990 to 1996.

During Mwinyi's terms Tanzania took the first steps to reverse the socialist policies of Julius Nyerere. He relaxed import restrictions and encouraged private enterprise. It was during his second term that multi-party politics were introduced under pressure from foreign donors. Often referred to as Mzee Rukhsa ("Everything goes"), he pushed for liberalization of morals, beliefs, values (without breaking the law) and the economy.