East Africa 1937-H 5 cents
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 = 1 shilling. In 1920 Uganda was dropped from the title on the reverse. The coinage has been obsolete since the member colonies obtained independence in the early 1960's. This specimen was lot 1436 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $411.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "EAST AFRICA: George VI, 1937-1952, AE 5 cents, 1937-H, wonderful example, mostly red, not much brown; highest graded by PCGS, the other piece only Specimen 63, PCGS graded Specimen 66 RB, RR. An example graded SP63 Brown by NGC sold at Stack's Bowers Sale 164, Lot 2381, for $525; this piece is far superior." This type was struck 1937, 1939 and 1941 and this is the most common date.
Recorded mintage: 3,000,000.
Specification: 6.32 g, bronze.
Catalog reference: KM-25.1.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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