East Africa and Uganda 1913 25 cents
This specimen was lot 74371 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "EAST AFRICA. 25 Cents, 1913. London Mint. George V. NGC MS-63. A satiny Choice representative with bright luster and no major marks or issues." 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. This type was struck 1912-14 and 1918 at London and Heaton (mintmark "H"). The module matched the quarter rupee of India, tho the fineness was lower.
Recorded mintage: 300,000.
Specification: 2.91 g, 0.800 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-10.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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