Title of state and the year of minting on the upper arch, 'First President' in Swahili on the lower one, bust of J.Nyerere left between flowers in the center.

Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922 - 1999) served as the first President of Tanzania from the country's founding in 1964 until his retirement in 1985.

Inscriptions along the rim: word denomination in Swahili, in the center: image of ostrich running left, below - value.