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| Issuer | East African Currency Board |
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| Year | 1958-1960 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in an oval vignette at upper left, rendered in intaglio engraving against an intricate guilloche underprint in olive-green tones. The denomination '10' appears in the upper right and lower left corners, with the board title 'EAST AFRICAN CURRENCY BOARD' across the top. The denomination legend 'TEN SHILLINGS' is set centrally in both Latin and Arabic scripts, below which appears the legal tender clause, with a panel of four member signatures at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a flowering blossom branch set within a large oval cartouche, flanked by symmetrical fan-palm frond motifs in intaglio, all rendered in olive-green. The denomination 'TEN SHILLINGS' appears in a horizontal cartouche at the centre, with the numeral '10' repeated in star-shaped frames at all four corners of the note. |
| Reverse lettering | TEN SHILLINGS |
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