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Coins from East Africa

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East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was an area in the African Great Lakes occupying roughly the same terrain as present-day Kenya, from the Indian Ocean inland to the border with Uganda in the west. The coins have also been used in other British-controlled territories: Kenya Colony, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibat, British Somaliland, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Italian Somaliland, Aden Protectorate, Colony of Aden, Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, Federation of South Arabia, Protectorate of South Arabia and Tanzania.
Wikidata: Q27407

Rupee (1906-1920)

100 Cents = 1 Rupee

½ Cent - Edward VII
1908
Aluminium • 1 g • ⌀ 20.3 mm
KM# 6, Schön# 1, N# 22615

½ Cent - Edward VII
1909
Copper-nickel • 1.9 g • ⌀ 20.2 mm
KM# 6a, Schön# 1a, N# 34067

1 Cent - Edward VII
1907-1908
Aluminium • 1.9 g • ⌀ 22.9 mm
KM# 5, Schön# 2, N# 33342

1 Cent - Edward VII
1909-1910
Copper-nickel • 2.88 g • ⌀ 22.2 mm
KM# 5a, Schön# 2a, N# 7538

1 Cent - George V
1911-1918
Copper-nickel • 2.8 g • ⌀ 22.3 mm
KM# 7, Schön# 9, N# 10911

1 Pice - Victoria (East Africa Protectorate - Pattern) – obverse

1 Pice - Victoria (East Africa Protectorate - Pattern) – reverse

1 Pice - Victoria (East Africa Protectorate - Pattern)
1897
Pattern
Silver • ⌀ 26 mm
KM# Pn 1, N# 315037

1 Pice - Victoria (East Africa Protectorate) – obverse

1 Pice - Victoria (East Africa Protectorate) – reverse

1 Pice - Victoria (East Africa Protectorate)
1897-1899
Bronze • 6.3 g • ⌀ 26 mm
KM# 1, N# 7273

1 Pice - Victoria (East Africa Protectorate - Pattern)
1898
Pattern
Silver • ⌀ 26 mm
KM# Pn 3, N# 315038