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10 000 Shillings / 500 Pounds - George V
| Uitgever | East African Currency Board |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1921 |
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| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Shilling (1921-1967) |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | Portrait of King George V in an oval vignette at upper right, set against an intricate guilloche underprint in blue-green tones. The denomination is rendered in English at centre, with Arabic and Indian script inscriptions below, and the date and place of issue — Mombasa, 15th December 1921 — appearing at lower centre beneath a legal tender clause. Two signature panels for Members of the East African Currency Board appear at lower right. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | TEN THOUSAND SHILLINGS * FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS TEN THOUSAND SHILLINGS * FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS |
| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beveiligingstype | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving beveiliging | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opmerkingen |
The East African Currency Board was established in 1919 to provide a unified currency across British East Africa, replacing the rupee-based system that had served the region since the Imperial British East Africa Company era. This 500 Pounds denomination — the highest in the series — was not retail currency. Notes of this value moved between government treasuries, large trading houses, and the banking sector, primarily along the Mombasa–Nairobi commercial corridor.
De La Rue produced the entire EACB series under secure contract arrangements standard to Crown colonial issues. The dual denomination labeling, shillings and pounds simultaneously, reflects the transitional monetary arithmetic of the florin-based East African shilling, fixed at 20 to the pound at introduction.