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| 表面の銘文 | THE EAST AFRICAN CURRENCY BOARD ONE RUPEE THESE NOTES ARE LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT MOMBASA MEMBERS OF THE EAST AFRICAN CURRENCY BOARD |
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| 裏面の銘文 | ONE RUPEE ONE RUPEE |
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The East African Currency Board was established in 1919 specifically to create a unified currency across British East Africa, replacing the Indian rupee that had circulated in the region for decades. This 1920 note is among the earliest issues under that mandate — the board had barely found its administrative footing when these were printed.
De La Rue's involvement here is unsurprising; they held the dominant position in colonial currency printing throughout this period. What is worth noting is how short-lived the rupee denomination proved: the board switched to a florin-based system in 1921, then moved to the shilling standard in 1922, making the entire rupee series effectively obsolete within two years of issue.