fwo_272733 - EAST AFRICA 50 Cents (1/2 Shilling) Elisabeth II / lion 1960

EAST AFRICA 50 Cents (1/2 Shilling) Elisabeth II / lion 1960 MS

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Type : 50 Cents (1/2 Shilling) Elisabeth II / lion

Date: 1960

Quantity minted : 4000000

Metal : copper nickel

Diameter : 21 mm

Edge : cannelée

Catalogue references :

KM20/36

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Reverse

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_272733 - EAST AFRICA 50 Cents (1/2 Shilling) Elisabeth II / lion 1960

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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