Catalog
100 Shillings Western numerals only
| Issuer | Banki Kuu ya Kenya / Central Bank of Kenya |
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| Year | 1969-1973 |
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| Value | 100 Shillings |
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| Obverse lettering | 100 BANK KUU YA KENYA CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA LEGAL TENDER FOR ONE HUNDRED SHILLINGS SHILINGI MIA MOJA ONE HUNDRED SHILLINGS THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF KENYA MZEE JOMO KENYATTA FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS (Translation: Central Bank of Kenya One hundred shillings) |
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| Protection description | Lion head |
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Pick 10 covers the earliest 100 Shilling notes issued under the Central Bank of Kenya, which only gained full operational independence in 1966 after separating from the East African Currency Board. The "Western numerals only" distinction within the series matters to specialists because later printings introduced dual numeral systems — making this the cleaner, transitional issue from a bank still establishing its own identity.
Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility handled much of anglophone Africa's security printing in this period, and the watermark remains the sole security feature — modest even by contemporary standards.