fwo_189408 - EAST AFRICA 50 Cents (1/2 Shilling) Georges VI / lion 1949

EAST AFRICA 50 Cents (1/2 Shilling) Georges VI / lion 1949 AU

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Type : 50 Cents (1/2 Shilling) Georges VI / lion

Date: 1949

Quantity minted : 12960000

Metal : copper nickel

Diameter : 21 mm

Edge : cannelée

Catalogue references :

KM20/30

Obverse

Obverse legend : GEORGIVS SEXTUS . REX.

Obverse description : portrait couronné à gauche de Georges V.

Reverse

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

Reverse description : 50 dans le champ, 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..

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_189408 - EAST AFRICA 50 Cents (1/2 Shilling) Georges VI / lion 1949

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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