You are asking about a Shilling coin from East Africa (KM#31). The coin is 27.8mm in diameter, weighs 7.81 grams and is composed of copper-nickel. The front bears a portrait of King George VI and the words "GEORGIVS SEXTUS REX" (Latin for "George the Sixth, King"). The back bears an image of a lion in front of a mountain, with "EAST Africa" above the image and "1", "SHILLING, and "1950" below it. An aggregate of 78,818,000 were produced at three different mints.
According to the Standard Catalog of World Coins, 56,362,000 such coins were produced by the British Royal Mint in London, England, and bear no mintmark. An example is valued at US$0.35 in Fine condition, US$0.60 in Very Fine condition, US$1.50 in Extremely Fine condition, US$5.00 in Uncirculated condition, and US$12.00 in Brilliant Uncirculated condition. Some examples were also produced in Proof - these are valued at about US$250.00 each.
12,416,000 such coins were produced by the Heaton Mint in Birmingham, England, and bear an "H" mintmark. An example is valued at US$0.50 in Fine condition, US$0.90 in Very Fine condition, US$3.25 in Extremely Fine condition, US$6.00 in Uncirculated condition, and US$12.00 in Brilliant Uncirculated condition.
10,040,000 such coins were produced by the King's Norton Mint in Birmingham, England, and bear a "KN" mintmark. An example is valued at US$0.40 in Fine condition, US$0.70 in Very Fine condition, US$2.00 in Extremely Fine condition, US$5.00 in Uncirculated condition, and US$12.00 in Brilliant Uncirculated condition.
East African shilling ended in 1969.
East African shilling was created in 1921.
Kenya is a country located in East Africa with its capital being Nairobi. The currency in Kenya is the Kenyan shilling.
one shilling east african note
East Berlin was created in 1949.
Each East African country (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda) has its own currency, each called the shilling as through most of the 20th Century. The old East African shilling was tied to the British pound, which in the 1960s was valued at $2.80, or 14 U.S. cents to the dollar. Thus, the E.A. Sh. was valued at 7 to a dollar. As of March 11, 2013, these were the approximate values (the rates vary from bank to bank and bureau du change to bureau du change): $1 = 1,621 Tanzania shs.; $1 = 86.1 Kenyan shs.; $1 = 2,650.50 Ugandan shs. These rates, compared to the old E.A. sh., do not take into consideration the changes in value or purchasing power of the dollar.
Uganda is located in East Africa and Kenya and Tanzania are in East Africa
There is no country called East Africa, but there is a region known as East Africa.
No it is in East Central Africa
where is Africa East or West
Yes, Mozambique is in the east of Africa.
east Africa is a country