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.
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.