E-auction 545-470455 - fwo_856099 - EAST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges VI 1946 Pretoria - SA

EAST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges VI 1946 Pretoria - SA XF

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Estimate :	10 €
Price :	12 €
Maximum bid :	16 €
End of the sale :	25 September 2023 17:21:40
bidders :	8 bidders

Type : 1 Shilling Georges VI

Date: 1946

Mint name / Town : Pretoria - SA

Quantity minted : 18260000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰

Diameter : 27,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 7,74 g.

Edge : cannelée

Catalogue references :

KM20/28.4

Obverse

Obverse legend : GEORGIUS VI REX ET INDIAE IMPERATOR :.

Obverse description : portrait à gauche couronné de Georges VI.

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..
Administered until 1895 by the Imperial British East Africa Company, British East Africa became a colony in 1920. It included Kenya and Uganda, which became independent in 1963 and 1962 respectively.