Catalog
50 Shilingi / Shillings
| Issuer | Banki Kuu ya Kenya / Central Bank of Kenya |
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| Year | 2005-2010 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | A caravan of laden camels led by a handler traverses an arid landscape at centre-right, rendered in reddish-brown intaglio against a multicolour guilloche underprint; to the left, the iconic crossed elephant tusks arch over a Mombasa street scene. Denomination numerals appear in all four corners, and a gold holographic medallion is affixed at right centre. |
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| Protection description | Jomo Kenyatta portrait watermark in the unprinted area to the right of centre; embedded security thread running vertically through the note; gold holographic medallion on the reverse at right centre. |
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The P#47 series falls within the tenure of Governor Nahashon Nyagah, who signed for the Central Bank from 2001 until his death in office in 2010 — an unusual circumstance that effectively extended a single signature type across nearly a decade of issues. De La Rue had held the Kenyan contract almost continuously since independence, a relationship that has occasionally drawn scrutiny given the concentration of African central bank printing business in a single British firm.
The hologram strip was introduced partly in response to counterfeiting pressure that became acute across East Africa in the early 2000s.