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1 Cent - George VI
| Issuer | East Africa Currency Board |
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| Year | 1949-1952 |
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| Value | 1 Cent (0.01) |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGIVS SEXTUS REX ONE CENT H |
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| Mint | Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London,United Kingdom (1810-1975) H Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited),United Kingdom (1850-2003) KN Kings Norton Metal Company,Birmingham, United Kingdom (1890-1962) |
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The East Africa Currency Board, headquartered in London rather than Nairobi, continued issuing George VI coinage well after the king's health had effectively removed him from active royal duties. The 1952 issues present a quiet historical anomaly: struck in the final months of his reign, they entered circulation in territories that would spend the following decade dismantling the colonial framework that produced them. Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika each achieved independence before this denomination was retired.