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1000 Shillings With segmented foil
| Issuer | Banki Kuu ya Kenya / Central Bank of Kenya |
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| Year | 1997-2002 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Forward-facing portrait bust of President Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi at centre-left, flanked by the national arms; a mountain vignette appears at lower centre with a rose motif to the right. A segmented foil security strip overlies the note, and fine guilloche underprint patterns frame the composition. Denomination and bilingual inscriptions in Swahili and English surround the portrait. |
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| Signature(s) | Micah D. Cheserem / B.K. Kipkulei Micah D. Cheserem / B.K. Kipkulei Micah D. Cheserem / B.K. Kipkulei Micah D. Cheserem / B.K. Kipkulei Micah D. Cheserem / B.K. Kipkulei |
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The segmented foil strip — an optically variable device that shifts color under different lighting angles — was still a relatively new commercial security feature in the late 1990s, and its inclusion here reflects Kenya's response to a serious counterfeiting problem that had plagued the earlier 1000-shilling issues. Micah Cheserem, who served as Central Bank Governor from 1993 to 2001, presided over a broader modernization of Kenya's currency infrastructure during a period of significant political and economic pressure, including IMF-suspended aid and public sector wage disputes that drove demand for high-denomination notes.
Pick 40 runs across five consecutive signature combinations, all bearing Cheserem's name — an unusually long tenure reflected in a single note type.