E-auction 629-623350 - fwo_1016578 - EAST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges VI 1949

EAST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges VI 1949 AU

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Estimate :	8 €
Price :	4 €
Maximum bid :	5 €
End of the sale :	05 May 2025 16:43:00
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : 1 Shilling Georges VI

Date: 1949

Quantity minted : 10000000

Metal : copper nickel

Diameter : 21 mm

Weight : 7,76 g.

Edge : cannelée

Catalogue references :

KM20/28.1

Obverse

Obverse legend : GEORGIVS SEXTUS . REX.

Obverse description : portrait couronné à gauche de Georges V.

Reverse

Reverse legend : EAST AFRICA // FIFTY CENTS 1949 1 SHILLING.

Reverse description : lion et paysage de montagne.

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.