British East Africa, 1956 AD., Elizabeth II, King's Norton mint, 1 Cent, KM 35.
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British East Africa, Elizabeth II, King's Norton mint, 1956 AD.,
1 Cent (ø 20 mm / 1,93 g), bronze, 2,90 g. theor. mint weight, mintage 9.680.000 , axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge,
Obv.: QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND / K N / ONE CENT , crown above center hole, mint mark and value below.
Rev.: EAST AFRICA / 1 / 1956 , country and value number above center hole enclosed by 4 elephant tusks, date below.
KM 35 .
Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
1954 8,000,000
1954 Proof
1955 5,000,000
1955 H 6,384,000
1955 KN 4,000,000
1956 H 15,616,000
1956 KN 9.680.000
1957 15,000,000
1957 H 5,000,000
1957 KN
1959 H 10,000,000
1959 KN 10,000,000
1961 1,800,000
1961 Proof
1961 H 1,800,000
1962 H 10,320,000
East Africa was an administrative grouping of five separate British territories: Kenya, Uganda, the Sultanate of Zanzibar and British Somaliland.
The common interest of Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda invited cooperation in economic matters and consideration of political union. The territorial governors, organized as the East Africa High Commission, met periodically to administer such common activities as taxation, industrial development and education.
The authority of the Commission did not infringe upon the constitution and internal autonomy of the individual colonies. A common coinage and banknotes, which were also legal tender in Aden, were provided for use of the member colonies by the East Africa Currency Board. The coinage through 1919 had the legend "East Africa and Uganda Protectorate".
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 (approximately 639,209 km2 (246,800 sq mi)) from the Indian Ocean inland to Uganda and the Great Rift Valley. Although part of the dominions of the Sultan of Zanzibar, it was controlled by Britain in the late 19th century; it grew out of British commercial interests in the area in the 1880s and remained a protectorate until 1920 when it became the colony of Kenya, save for a 16-kilometre-wide (10 mi) coastal strip that became the Kenya protectorate.
more on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Africa_Protectorate
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