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25 Cents - Edward VII
| Issuer | East Africa |
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| Year | 1906-1910 |
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| Value | 25 Cents (0.25) |
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| Reverse description | A lion passant to right is depicted in the central field, set against a rocky landscape with a prominent mountain peak rising in the background, evoking the East African terrain. The design is enclosed within an inner circle, below which the denomination '25 CENTS' and the date appear in two lines, flanked by decorative scroll ornaments. The circular legend 'EAST AFRICA & UGANDA PROTECTORATES' runs along the outer periphery within a beaded border, asserting the dual colonial jurisdiction of the issuing authority. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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The East Africa Protectorate's silver coinage of this period was administered through the Indian rupee system, with the 25-cent piece representing one-quarter rupee — a denomination inherited from the earlier Imperial British East Africa Company issues. Coins were struck at the Birmingham Mint under contract, not at a Royal Mint facility, reflecting the Colonial Office's standard practice of outsourcing smaller dependency coinages to private British moneyers.
Edward VII died in May 1910, ending the series after just four years of production.