Catalog
20 Shillings With segmented foil
| Issuer | Banki Kuu ya Kenya / Central Bank of Kenya |
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| Year | 1996-1998 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | 20 BANKI KUU YA KENYA CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA HARAMBE LEGAL TENDER FOR TWENTY SHILLINGS SHILINGI ISHIRINI FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DANIEL TOROITICH ARAP MOI PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA (Translation: Central Bank of Kenya All pull together Twenty shillings) |
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| Protection description | Lion head facing watermark; segmented foil security thread |
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The segmented foil strip — a windowed security thread that appears as a broken silver line on the surface rather than a continuous embedded filament — was a relatively new addition to De La Rue's security repertoire in the mid-1990s, and its inclusion on a note of this denomination is notable. Most central banks reserved upgraded security features for higher-value paper; applying them to the 20 Shilling placed Kenya ahead of several regional peers at the time.
Cheserem served as CBK Governor from 1993 to 2001, a tenure covering significant post-liberalization monetary tightening.