Catalog
1 Shilling Without legend
| Issuer | Central Bank of Kenya |
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| Year | 1966-1968 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#5, Schön#5 |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF KENYA 1968 HARAMBEE 1 ONE SHILLING (Translation: All pull together.) |
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| Mintage | 1966 - - 20,000,000 1966 - Proof - 27 1967 - - 4,000,000 1968 - - 8,000,000 |
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Kenya's first post-independence coinage was introduced in 1966, replacing the East African shilling that had served the region under British colonial administration. The deliberate omission of a regal legend — standard on colonial issues — was a pointed statement by the newly sovereign state, severing the typological link to the Crown. The series ran only three years before a redesign followed in 1969.