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  2. List of currencies in Africa - Wikipedia

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    These included the Somali shilling; the Italian East African lira; and the African franc (in Francophone countries). Many post-colonial governments have retained the name and notional value unit system of their prior colonial era currency. For example, the British West African pound was replaced by the Nigerian pound, which was divided into ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Shell money - Wikipedia

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    Shell money is a medium of exchange similar to coin money and other forms of commodity money, and was once commonly used in many parts of the world. [1] Shell money usually consisted of whole or partial sea shells, often worked into beads or otherwise shaped. The use of shells in trade began as direct commodity exchange, the shells having use ...

  5. CFA franc - Wikipedia

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    The Central Africa CFA franc ( XAF) is known in French as the Franc CFA, where CFA stands for Coopération financière en Afrique centrale ("Financial Cooperation in Central Africa"). It is issued by the BEAC ( Banque des États de l'Afrique Centrale, i.e., "Bank of the Central African States"), located in Yaoundé, Cameroon, for the six ...

  6. Ugandan shilling - Wikipedia

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    The first Ugandan shilling (UGS) replaced the East African shilling in 1966 at par. Following high inflation, a new shilling (UGX) was introduced in 1987 worth 100 old shillings. The shilling is usually a stable currency and predominates in most financial transactions in Uganda, which has a very efficient foreign exchange market with low spreads.

  7. Kenyan shilling - Wikipedia

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    Kenyan shilling. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, as of June 2010. 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.

  8. Ethiopian birr - Wikipedia

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    The East African shilling became the money of account on 1 July 1942; it eventually became the sole legal tender and remained so until 1945. Regular notes of the East African Currency Board were used for circulation in Ethiopia. Second birr, 1945–present. The birr was reintroduced in 1945 at a rate of 1 birr per 2 shillings.

  9. 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 ).

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