1 Cent - George V

The East Africa Protectorate's coinage was administered through the East Africa Currency Board, which issued coins denominated in rupees and cents — a hybrid system reflecting the region's dual commercial reality: Indian Ocean trade networks on one side, British colonial administration on the other. The rupee-based system was ultimately abandoned in 1920 when the florin was introduced to align East African currency more closely with sterling, making this series among the last to carry the old denomination structure.