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1 Cent - Edward VII
| Issuer | East Africa |
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| Year | 1907-1908 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#5, Schön#2 |
| Obverse description | A central circular hole dominates the field, flanked on either side by stylized foliate scroll-work lines extending from the lower portion of the hole toward the coin's rim. A crown is positioned above the central hole at the top of the field, with the face value ONE CENT inscribed below it. The legend EDWARD VII KING & EMPEROR is arranged in two arcs on either side of the hole, set between the scrollwork lines and the rim. The overall design reflects the restrained imperial aesthetic typical of early twentieth-century British colonial coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The aluminium cents issued for British East Africa under Edward VII were produced at the King's Norton Metal Company in Birmingham, not at a Royal Mint facility — a detail that distinguishes them from most colonial coinage of the period. King's Norton had a long history of supplying coinage blanks and struck coins to British territories, and the East Africa contract fell within their established colonial work. The 1907–1908 window is narrow; production ended well before Edward's death in 1910, making this a short-run type within an already minor series.