1 Cent - Edward VII

The East Africa and Uganda Protectorates operated as a single administrative unit under the British East Africa Protectorate until formal reorganization, and their coinage reflected the awkward dual jurisdiction — coins had to serve populations separated by considerable geography and issued through the Imperial British East Africa Company's successor structures. The copper-nickel composition here replaced an earlier pure copper issue, a shift driven by durability concerns in tropical climates where copper corroded rapidly in humid conditions.

Production ran only two years before Edward VII's death in May 1910 ended the reign.