1000 Shillings

Thomas De La Rue printed the entire P#45 series, which ran through multiple signature varieties across nearly a decade. The Nahashon Nyagah signing identifies notes from his tenure as Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, which began in 2001 — placing this example in the earlier portion of the 2003–2010 production window.

Kenya's high-denomination notes of this period were repeatedly targeted by sophisticated counterfeiting operations, which prompted the Central Bank to accelerate its move toward polymer substrate for lower denominations while retaining De La Rue's security paper for the 1000 Shilling note through the end of this series.