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  2. East African shilling - Wikipedia

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    The East African shilling was the sterling unit of account in British -controlled areas of East Africa from 1921 until 1969. [1] It was issued by the East African Currency Board. It is also the proposed name for a common currency that the East African Community plans to introduce. The shilling was divided into 100 cents, and twenty shillings ...

  3. Shilling - Wikipedia

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    A 1933 UK shilling 1956 Elizabeth II UK shilling showing English and Scottish reverses. The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 12 pence or one-twentieth of a pound before being phased out during the 1960s ...

  4. British currency in the Middle East - Wikipedia

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    The East African shilling was launched at par with the shilling sterling at the value of half an Indian rupee. In 1959, as a measure to prevent gold smuggling, the Reserve Bank of India and the Indian government, in conjunction with the British authorities, replaced the Indian rupee in the Gulf States with the Gulf rupee at a 1:1 parity.

  5. 1948 Arab–Israeli War - Wikipedia

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    The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, also known as the First Arab–Israeli War, followed the civil war in Mandatory Palestine as the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. The civil war became a war of separate states with the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948, the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight, and ...

  6. East African Currency Board - Wikipedia

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    The East African Currency Board ( EACB) was established in 1919 to supply and oversee the currency of British colonies in British East Africa. It was established after Britain took control of mainland Tanzania from Germany at the end of World War I, and originally oversaw the territories of Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania (excluding Zanzibar ).

  7. Banknotes of the East African shilling - Wikipedia

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    P35. Blue-black on yellow and orange underprinting. March 31, 1953 – February 1, 1956. 100 shillings. 5 pounds. P36. Blue-black on green and lilac underprinting. For table standards, see the banknote specification table.

  8. Coins of the South African pound - Wikipedia

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    The obverse features the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II designed by Mary Gillick, while the reverse continued the previous designs by George Kruger Gray except the 5-Shillings coin which was designed by Coert Steynberg. The 5-Shillings coin dated 1960 however was a commemorative issue celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Union of South Africa.

  9. Kenyan shilling - Wikipedia

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    On 14 September 1966, the Kenyan shilling replaced the East African shilling at par, although the latter was not demonetised until 1969. The Central Bank of Kenya issued notes in denominations of 5/=, 10/=, 20/=, 50/= and 100/=. All of the notes feature a portrait of Kenya's first prime minister and president, Jomo Kenyatta, on the front and ...

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