The East Africa Currency Board was established by the British Crown in 1919 specifically to consolidate monetary administration across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika — territories whose patchwork of competing colonial currencies had created persistent trade friction. The 1920 issue was among the first produced under the new Board's authority, with striking contracted to the Royal Mint.
Tanganyika's inclusion was itself a consequence of WWI: the territory had been German East Africa until the 1919 Paris settlement transferred it to British mandate.
The East Africa Currency Board was established by the British Crown in 1919 specifically to consolidate monetary administration across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika — territories whose patchwork of competing colonial currencies had created persistent trade friction. The 1920 issue was among the first produced under the new Board's authority, with striking contracted to the Royal Mint.
Tanganyika's inclusion was itself a consequence of WWI: the territory had been German East Africa until the 1919 Paris settlement transferred it to British mandate.