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Prices in the Kenyan shilling are written in the form of x/y, where x is the amount in shillings, while y is the amount in cents. An equals sign or hyphen represents zero amount. For example, 50 cents is written as "-/ 50 " and 100 shillings as "100/ = " or "100/-".
During colonial times (roughly from 1680 to 1990) the respective colonial powers introduced their own currencies to their colonies or produced local versions of their currencies. These included the Somali shilling; the Italian East African lira; and the African franc (in Francophone countries). Many post-colonial governments have retained the ...
In 1921, notes were issued by the East African Currency Board in denominations of 5/-, 10/-, 20/-, 100/-, 200/-, 1,000/- and 10,000/-, with the notes of 20 shillings and above having their denominations expressed also in pounds (£1, £5, £10, £50 and £500). In 1943, 1/- notes were issued, the only occasion that such notes were produced ...
20 shillings 1 pound: P15 Blue-black on yellow and orange underprinting 100 shillings 5 pounds: P16 Blue-black on lilac underprinting 200 shillings 10 pounds: P17 Blue-black on gray-blue underprinting 1000 shillings 50 pounds: P18 Blue-black on light brown underprinting 10,000 shillings 500 pounds: P19 Blue-black on blue underprinting
A 1933 UK shilling 1956 Elizabeth II UK shilling showing English and Scottish reverses. The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 12 pence or one-twentieth of a pound before being phased out during the 1960s ...
GBP Penny: 100 Jordan: Jordanian dinar: JD JOD Piastre [H] 100 Kazakhstan: Kazakhstani tenge ₸ KZT Tıyn: 100 Kenya: Kenyan shilling: Sh or Shs (pl.) KES Cent: 100 Kiribati: Kiribati dollar [E] $ (none) Cent: 100 Australian dollar $ AUD Cent: 100 Korea, North: North Korean won ₩ KPW Chon: 100 Korea, South: South Korean won ₩ KRW Jeon: 100 ...
1 ⁄ 1000 or 1 ⁄ 100 of various ... Also used as a pound sign (see: Lebanese, ... Kenyan shilling: Sh.So. shilling Somali shilling [17] USh: shilling Ugandan ...
In 1947, the word shilling appeared for the first time on the 9 piastre and 18 piastre coins, but then in 1955, Cyprus adopted a decimal system, with 1,000 Mils in a pound. When the UK floated the pound sterling on 23 June 1972, some twelve years after Cyprus had obtained independence, the Cypriot pound began to diverge from the 1:1 parity it ...