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The '''[[rupee]]''' was the [[currency]] of [[U.K.|Britain's]] [[British East Africa|East Africa]]n colonies and protectorates between 1906 and 1920. It was divided into 100 [[Cent (currency)|cent]]s.

The rupee replaced the [[Indian rupee]], which had previously circulated. In 1920, the rupee was revalued against [[Pound sterling|sterling]] to a peg of 1 rupee = 2 shillings (1 florin). In East Africa, this was followed in the same year by the replacement of the rupee with the [[East African florin]] at par and then in 1921 by the [[East African shilling]] at 2 shillings per florin or rupee.

The currency is noteworthy for including the world's first [[aluminium]] [[coin]], the 1907 1 cent coin.

==Coins==

[[File:1cent BritishEastAfrica 1913.png|thumb|1 cent coin from 1913, cupro-nickel alloy]]

Silver coins were introduced for 25 and 50 cents in 1906, followed by the aluminium 1 cent and cupro-nickel 10 cent coins in 1907, the aluminium {{frac|1|2}} cent coin in 1908 and the cupro-nickel 5 cent coin in 1913. Cupro-nickel replaced aluminium in 1909.

==Banknotes==

In 1906, notes (the first dated 1905) were introduced by the government of the East Africa Protectorate in denominations of 5, 10, 20, 40, 100 and 500 rupees. In 1920, the [[East African Currency Board]] issued 1 rupee notes shortly before the rupee was replaced.

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060114055652/http://www.globalfinancialdata.com/gh/GHC_Histories.xls Global Financial Data currency histories table] (archived)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060506230020/http://users.erols.com/kurrency/ke.htm Tables of modern monetary history: Kenya] (archived)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060506230841/http://users.erols.com/kurrency/tz.htm Tables of modern monetary history: Tanzania] (archived)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060506230851/http://users.erols.com/kurrency/ug.htm Tables of modern monetary history: Uganda] (archived)

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[[Category:Modern obsolete currencies]]
[[Category:Currencies of Africa]]
[[Category:Currencies of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Currencies of Kenya]]
[[Category:Currencies of Tanzania]]
[[Category:Currencies of Uganda]]
[[Category:East Africa]]
[[Category:1906 establishments in the British Empire]]
[[Category:1920 disestablishments in the British Empire]]
[[Category:20th century in Africa]]


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