Catalog
10 Shillings With Arabic numerals and text
| Issuer | Banki Kuu ya Kenya / Central Bank of Kenya |
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| Year | 1966-1968 |
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| Value | 10 Shillings (10 KES) |
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| Obverse lettering | ١٠ 10 BANKI KUU YA KENYA CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA LEGAL TENDER FOR TEN SHILLINGS SHILINGI KUMI TEN SHILLINGS شلن ۱۰ FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA |
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| Variants | P#2a - 01.07.1966 P#2b - 01.07.1967 P#2c - 01.07.1968 |
| Comments |
Kenya's earliest central bank issues, including this note, were authorized under the Central Bank of Kenya Act of 1966, which formally severed the country's currency ties with the East African Currency Board — a colonial institution that had served British East Africa since 1919. The Board's notes had circulated alongside this series briefly during the transition, creating genuine confusion at the commercial bank level.
Bradbury Wilkinson printed the full inaugural Kenya series from their New Malden works. The Barawski signature here is Leon Barawski, the Central Bank's first Governor, a Polish-born economist whose tenure lasted only a few years into the new institution's operation.