5 Florins - George V

The East African Currency Board was established in 1919 specifically to bring monetary order to a region that had been running on a chaotic mix of rupees, heller notes from the former German East Africa, and various wartime expedients. This 5 Florin note belongs to the Board's first issue — the florin denomination itself was short-lived, dropped in 1921 when the board shifted to a shilling-based system pegged to sterling at 20 shillings to the pound.

Bradbury Wilkinson produced the plates in London. The florin series is genuinely scarce; low original print runs combined with heavy tropical attrition in East Africa's humidity means survivors in any condition are thinly spread across collections.

Pick lists only a handful of confirmed examples.