East Africa 1922 shilling
This specimen was lot 72333 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "EAST AFRICA. Shilling, 1922. PCGS MS-63 Gold Shield. Exceeded in the PCGS census by just a sole example, this rather lustrous and vibrant specimen offers mostly gunmetal gray surfaces with little toning." East Africa was an administrative grouping of the British colonies of Kenya, Uganda and British Somaliland. Tanganyika was added in 1919 after it was seized from the Germans. The original currency system was 100 cents = one florin (2 shillings). In 1922, this was changed to 100 cents = one shilling. This type is known from the London mint, Heaton mint (H), and King's Norton mint (KN). The coinage has been obsolete since the member colonies obtained independence in the early 1960's. This type was struck 1921-25. The 1924 is the most common date.
Recorded mintage: 18,858,000.
Specification: 7.78 g, 0.250 fine silver, 27.8 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 21.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The June 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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