East Africa 1-SHILLING (KM31)¶
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Reverse LION
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Obverse King George VI
- Composition
- Copper-Nickel
- Country
- East Africa
- Approx. Size
- 28mm
- Area
- Africa
- Animal Class
- Mammals
- Species
- Lion
- KM#
- 31
The walking Lion first appeared on the East African coinage in 1906 (when there were 100 cents to a rupee). In 1921, monetary reform saw the rupee replaced with the shilling. The lion appeared on the 50-cent and 1-shilling coins which were .250 silver until 1944. This 1949 example is struck in copper-nickel.
East Africa¶
- Area
- Africa
East Africa was composed of five British territories in eastern Africa that existed during the first-half of the twentieth century (about 1906 to 1952). The territories were Kenya, Tanganyika (now Tanzania), the Sultanate of Zanzibar and Pembra (also part of Tanzania), Uganda, and British Somaliland (now Somalia). These countries joined in a political and economic union that issued a common currency while each territory retained its autonomy.