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fwo_301776 - EAST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges VI / lion 1950 Heaton - H

EAST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges VI / lion 1950 Heaton - H AU

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Price : 7.00 €

Type : 1 Shilling Georges VI / lion

Date: 1950

Mint name / Town : Heaton - H

Quantity minted : 12416000

Metal : copper nickel

Diameter : 27,5 mm

Edge : cannelée

Catalogue references :

KM20/31

Obverse

Obverse legend : GEORGIVS SEXTVS.REX.

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..

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_301776 - EAST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges VI / lion 1950 Heaton - H

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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