Catalog
50 Shillings
| Issuer | Banki Kuu ya Kenya / Central Bank of Kenya |
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| Year | 1990-1992 |
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| Currency | Shilling (1966-date) |
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| Reverse description | A detailed intaglio vignette at centre left presents the Nairobi city skyline, including the Kenyatta International Conference Centre tower and adjacent modern office buildings, with a snow-capped Mount Kenya rising in the background and the national flag at far right. A large multicolour guilloche rosette occupies the upper centre, flanked by denomination numerals in octagonal and diamond cartouches at each corner. The border is formed by an intricate repeating microtext band reading UNITY, PEACE, and LOVE. |
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| Protection description | Lion head watermark |
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| Comments |
Kenya's third series of shilling notes coincided with a period of acute political pressure on the Central Bank — Eric Kotut served as Governor from 1988 to 1993, his tenure bookended by the controversial single-party consolidation under Moi and the eventual return to multiparty elections in 1991. The two signature combinations on P#26 reflect Kotut's different deputy counterparts across the run, making the pairing a useful proxy for narrowing issue dates within the 1990–1992 window.
Thomas De La Rue had printed Kenyan currency since independence, and this series continued that unbroken relationship.