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5 Shillings - George VI India style serial
| Issuer | East African Currency Board |
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| Year | 1942 |
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| Size | 140 x 82 mm |
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| Obverse description | An oval intaglio portrait vignette of King George VI faces left at lower left, set within an intricate guilloche border with orange underprint. The denomination is rendered in English, Arabic, and Hindi scripts across the centre, with a large numeral 5 within a guilloche rosette at right. The date and place of issue, Nairobi 1st August 1942, appear at lower centre alongside three manuscript signatures of Members of the East African Currency Board. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in red-orange on a pale ground, centred on an oval vignette of a lion at rest within an elaborate guilloche framework incorporating star-burst corner ornaments and interlocking lathe-work. Numeral 5 denominators appear in each corner, and the denomination legend is repeated in rectangular panels above and below the central vignette. |
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| Protection description | Watermarked paper with a pattern visible when held to light |
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