1 Shilling - George VI

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Reverse description	Central device depicting a male lion passant guardant to the left, rendered in high relief against a landscape background of mountains, with sparse ground vegetation beneath. The scene is framed within a three-quarter circular border of ornamental scrollwork and foliate flourishes at the base, flanked by small lozenge ornaments at either side. The issuer name EAST AFRICA arcs along the upper legend, with the denomination 1 SHILLING and the date appearing in two lines below the central device.
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Mintage	1937 H - KM#28.1 (thin rim) - 7,672,000 1937 H - KM#28.1 (thin rim); Proof - 1941 I - KM#28.1 (thin rim) - 7,000,000 1941 I - KM#28.2 (thick rim) - 1942 H - KM#28.1 (thin rim) - 4,430,000 1942 H - KM#28.1 (thin rim); Proof - 1942 I - KM#28.3 (retouched central image) - 3,900,000 1943 I - KM#28.3 (retouched central image) - 50 1944 H - KM#28.1 (thin rim) - 10,000,000 1944 SA - KM#28.4 (Obverse and reverse as KM#28.1, edge reeding close) - 5,820,000 1945 SA - KM#28.4 (Obverse and reverse as KM#28.1, edge reeding close) - 10,080,000 1946 SA - KM#28.4 (Obverse and reverse as KM#28.1, edge reeding close) - 18,260,000
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