Obverse description	Crowned head of king George VI left
Obverse script	Latin
Obverse lettering	GEORGIVS VI REX ET INDIAE IMPERATOR: PM
Reverse description	Lion and mountains within 3/4 circle
Reverse script	Latin
Reverse lettering	EAST AFRICA 1 SHILLING 1937
Edge	Reeded
Mint	H Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited),United Kingdom (1850-2003) I Mumbai / Bombay, India(1829-date) SA Pretoria, South Africa(1890-1902, 1923-1992)
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
Catalog ID	9721912480
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