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East Africa (British) banknotes
East African paper money catalog and East African currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Indian currency, till 1905
  • British East Africa Rupee = (Indian Rupee) = 100 Cents, till 1920
  • British East Africa Florin = (Rupee) = 100 Cents, 1920-1921
  • British East Africa Shilling = (1/2 Florin) = 100 Cents, 1921-1966

• For earler India issues see:
  • India, till 1905
• For earler Tanganyika issues see:
  • German East Africa, German Colony till 1920
• For later issues see:
  • Kenya, from 1966
  • Tanzania, from 1966
  • Uganda, from 1966
  • Somalia, 1960-1993
  • Somaliland, from 1973

• To purchase East African banknotes, please check our inventory :
  [ World Banknotes (part 1): countries A-F ] - [ World Banknotes (part 2): countries G-M ] - [ World Banknotes (part 3): countries N-Z ]

Pick #	Date
		British Colony till 1962 (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, British Somaliland)
1A-6A	1905	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 rupees
1-6	1912-18	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 rupees
7	1920.04	1 rupee
8-12B	1920.05	1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 florins
13-19	1921	5, 10, 20, 100, 200, 1.000, 10.000 shillings
20-26	1933	5, 10, 20, 100, 200, 1.000, 10.000 shillings
27-32	1938-52	1, 5, 10, 20, 100, 10.000 shillings
33-36	1953-57	5, 10, 20, 100 shillings
37-40	(1958)	5, 10, 20, 100 shillings
41-44	(1961)	5, 10, 20, 100 shillings
45-48	(1964)	5, 10, 20, 100 shillings

Remarks: all images reduced 50%

• Banknotes are attributed to last Pick's catalogue:
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, volume 2: General Issues 1368-1960
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, volume 3: Modern Issues 1961-
  • Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, volume 1: Specialized Issues