fwo_967642 - EAST AFRICA 1 Shilling Georges VI / lion 1941 Bombay - I
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Type : 1 Shilling Georges VI / lion
Date: 1941
Mint name / Town : Bombay - I
Quantity minted : 7000000
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 250 ‰
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,76 g.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : GEORGIUS VI REX ET INDIAE IMPERATOR :.
Obverse description : portrait à gauche couronné de Georges VI.
Reverse
Reverse legend : - EAST AFRICA -.
Reverse description : lion devant un paysage de montagne, inscription 1/SHILING/(DATE).
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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