1 Cent - George VI

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.