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Valuation. Inflation. 4.3%. Source. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, as of July 2024. The shilling (Swahili: shilingi; abbreviation: KSh; ISO code: KES) is the currency of Kenya. It is divided into 100 cents. The Central Bank of Kenya Act cap 491, mandated the printing and minting of the Kenyan shilling currency.
U+20AA ₪ NEW SHEQEL SIGN: TSh: shilling Tanzanian shilling: KSh: shilling Kenyan shilling: Sh.So. shilling Somali shilling [17] USh: shilling Ugandan shilling: S/ sol Peruvian sol ⃀ сом som: som Kyrgyzstani som: Kyrgyz National Bank approved the underlined С (Cyrillic Es) as currency symbol (2017) [18] U+20C0 ⃀ SOM SIGN ৳ Tk: taka ...
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The East African shilling was introduced to Kenya, Tanganyika, and Uganda in 1921, replacing the short-lived East African florin at a rate of 2 shillings to 1 florin. The florin had been introduced because of increasing silver prices after World War I. At that time, the Indian rupee was the currency of the British East African states.
A currency symbol or currency sign is a graphic symbol used to denote a currency unit. Usually it is defined by a monetary authority, such as the national central bank for the currency concerned. A symbol may be positioned in various ways, according to national convention: before, between or after the numeric amounts: €2.50, 2,50€ and 250.
African currency was originally formed from basic items, materials, animals and even people available in the locality to create a medium of exchange. This started to change from the 17th century onwards, as European colonial powers introduced their own monetary system into the countries they invaded.
In Kenya there are about 42 different languages, which have different dialects and indigenous names for money, in addition to the official National languages of Swahili and English. In English, Kenyan currency is a Shilling while in Swahili it is "Shilingi". (Indeed, all East African countries refer to their money as Shillings. [citation needed])
Ghanaian cedi. U+20B5 ₵ CEDI SIGN. ¢. cent, centavo, etc. A centesimal subdivision of the US dollar, the Canadian dollar and the Mexican peso. U+00A2 ¢ CENT SIGN. c. cent etc. variant. In currencies Australian, New Zealand, South African dollar; the West African CFA centime, and divisions of the euro.