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A TOTALLY AMATEUR BANKNOTE COLLECTOR

Sunday, 13 January 2013

East Africa




East Africa protectorate was an amalgamation of British protectorate countries in East Africa - Kenya, Tanganika, Uganda and Zanzibar. It issued currency through the East African Currency Board from 1905 to 1964 and was replaced by the individual country banks in 1966. the currency was pegged to the british currency at the time.
monetary unit: shilling = 100 cents

The Note above, is a one shilling note from 1943 with George VI on the front and a lion on the reverse.

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