Catalog
25 Cents - George V
| Issuer | East African Currency Board |
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| Year | 1912-1918 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1906-1920) |
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| Obverse lettering | GEORGIVS V REX ET IND:IMP: B.M. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The East African Currency Board was established in 1905 specifically to unify coinage across British East Africa, Uganda, and Zanzibar — territories that had previously circulated a chaotic mix of Indian rupees, Maria Theresa thalers, and German East African heller. This 25-cent denomination was pegged to the rupee system, with four of these coins equaling one rupee. The .800 silver specification matched Indian subsidiary coinage deliberately, easing acceptance among traders already familiar with that standard.
Production ran across both the Royal Mint and the Bombay Mint during this window, with wartime shipping constraints after 1914 complicating supply to the region.