Catalog
50 Shillings
| Issuer | Banki Kuu ya Kenya / Central Bank of Kenya |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Currency | Shilling (1966-date) |
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| Obverse description | At right centre, a vignette of the Jomo Kenyatta statue before the Kenyatta International Convention Centre, with urban skyline and mountain range in the background. The national arms appear at upper left, with a buffalo head device at lower right. The overall design incorporates a multi-colour guilloche underprint. |
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| Reverse lettering | 50 BANKI KUYU YA KENYA CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA WIND POWER - NGUVU YA UPEPO GEOTHERMAL POWER - KAWY YA MVUKE SOLAR POWER - NGUVU YA JUA (Translation: Wind power, geothermal power, solar power) |
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| Comments |
Kenya's 2019 paper series arrived at an awkward moment — the Central Bank had already committed to polymer for its higher denominations, and this 50 Shillings note on traditional cotton-rag stock was essentially a holdover issue while that transition was completed. The security specification here is notably thin for the period: a watermark alone, with none of the foil or windowed thread elements Thomas De La Rue was applying to contemporaneous African issues for other clients.
The print run of just over 12 million is modest for a workhorse denomination in an East African economy of Kenya's size.