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5 Shillings

Issuer Banki Kuu ya Kenya / Central Bank of Kenya
Year 1981-1984
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Size 132 × 70 mm
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Obverse description Front-facing portrait bust of President Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi at right, with the national arms at centre and a floral vignette at left. Bilingual inscriptions in Swahili and English frame the design, with the denomination stated in both languages. The Board of Directors' authorisation legend appears along the lower margin.
Obverse lettering 5 BANKI KUU YA KENYA CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA LEGAL TENDER FOR FIVE SHILLINGS SHILINGI TANO HARAMBE DANIEL TOROITICH ARAP MOI PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(Translation: Central Bank of Kenya Five shillings All pull together)
Reverse description A group of three Cape buffalo occupies the centre-left of the vignette, with a procession of giraffes advancing to the right against a backdrop of a distant mountain range rendered in a pale underprint. The denomination appears in Swahili at lower left.
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