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100 Shillings / 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II
| Issuer | East African Currency Board |
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| Year | 1953-1956 |
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| Value | 100 Shillings |
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| Obverse description | At upper right, an intaglio portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is set within an oval frame, flanked by ornate guilloche cartouches carrying the denomination '100' at left and lower right. Bilingual value inscriptions in Arabic and Gujarati scripts run across the central decorative panels, with the board's full title at top and the dual denomination legend below. The place and date of issue read 'Nairobi' with three manuscript signatures of the Members of the East African Currency Board positioned at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a symmetrical design with the denomination '100' repeated in guilloche cartouches at left and lower right, and bilingual value inscriptions in Arabic and Gujarati scripts across the central panels. The board's name is lettered at the top, with the dual denomination legend — ONE HUNDRED SHILLINGS OR FIVE POUNDS — repeated below in a formal typographic arrangement. No portrait vignette appears on the reverse; the composition relies on the geometric guilloche underprint and script panels for its decorative effect. |
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| Protection description | East African Currency Board emblem visible when the note is held to light |
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