fwo_301704 - EAST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges V / lion 1922 British Royal Mint

EAST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges V / lion 1922
British Royal Mint XF

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Price : 12.00 €

Type : 1 Shilling Georges V / lion

Date: 1922

Mint name / Town : British Royal Mint

Quantity minted : 18858000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰

Diameter : 27,80 mm

Edge : cannelée

Catalogue references :

KM20/21

Obverse

Obverse legend : GEORGIUS V REX ET IND:IMP:.

Obverse description : portrait à gauche couronné de Georges V.

Reverse

Reverse legend : - EAST AFRICA -.

Reverse description : lion devant un paysage de montagne, inscription 1/SHILING/(DATE).

Commentary

Administrée jusqu’en 1895 par l’Imperial British East Africa Company, l’Afrique de l’Est britannique devient colonie en 1920. Elle comprenait le Kenya et l’Ouganda devenus respectivement indépendants en 1963 et 1962.

Historical background

EAST AFRICA

(1920-1963)

In 1920, the East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a British colony except for the coastal strip which remained a protectorate until 1963, the year of the independence of present-day Kenya..

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fwo_301704 - EAST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges V / lion 1922 British Royal Mint

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

EAST AFRICA

(1920-1963)

In 1920, the East Africa Protectorate was transformed into a British colony except for the coastal strip which remained a protectorate until 1963, the year of the independence of present-day Kenya..

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