East Africa and Uganda 1913 50 cents
This specimen was lot 1449 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $390. The catalog description[1] noted, "EAST AFRICA & UGANDA: George V, 1910-1936, AR 50 cents, 1913, a wonderful mint state example with original luster! PCGS graded MS64." 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 1911-14 and 1918-19 at London and Heaton (mintmark "H"). The diameter and module matched the half rupee of India, tho the fineness was lower.
Recorded mintage: 200,000.
Specification: 5.83 g, 0.800 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-9.
- 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 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.
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