East Africa 1944-SA 50 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. This was the last year a silver coin was struck for this denomination, becoming copper-nickel thereafter. The coinage has been obsolete since the member colonies obtained independence in the early 1960's.

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000.

Specification: 3.88 g, 0.250 silver, 0.0312 oz ASW, designed by Percy Metcalfe.

Catalog reference: KM 27.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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• 1944-H shilling
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