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On 14 September 1966, the Kenyan shilling replaced the East African shilling at par, although the latter was not demonetised until 1969. The Central Bank of Kenya issued notes in denominations of 5/=, 10/=, 20/=, 50/= and 100/=. All of the notes feature a portrait of Kenya's first prime minister and president, Jomo Kenyatta, on the front and ...
The East African shilling was introduced to Kenya, Tanganyika, and Uganda in 1921, replacing the short-lived East African florin at a rate of 2 shillings to 1 florin. The florin had been introduced because of increasing silver prices after World War I .
Value in shillings written in English, Arabic, and Gujarati. Value in pounds written in English only. 100 shillings 5 pounds: P31 Blue-black on green and lilac underprinting 1938-1951 Value in shillings written in English, Arabic, and Gujarati. Value in pounds written in English only. 10,000 shillings 500 pounds: P32 Blue-black on blue ...
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 ...
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 ...
On 1 October 1951, the Indian rupee was replaced in Aden by the East African shilling, with twenty shillings being equal in value to one pound sterling. The East African shilling had itself been created in 1922 as a monetary unit out of the Indian rupee when the rising price of silver in the wake of the First World War caused the Indian rupees ...
A convention frequently used in retail pricing was to list prices over one pound all in shillings, rather than in pounds and shillings; for example, £4-18-0 would be written as 98/– (£4.90 in decimal currency). This is still seen in shilling categories of Scottish beer, such as 90/– beer.
Saint Helena pound; São Tomé and Príncipe dobra; Seychellois rupee; Sierra Leonean dollar; Sierra Leonean leone; Somali shilling; Somaliland shilling; South African rand; South Sudanese pound; Southern Rhodesian pound; Sudanese pound; Swazi lilangeni