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The rupee was the currency of Britain's East African colonies and protectorates between 1906 and 1920. It was divided into 100 cents.

The rupee replaced the Indian rupee, which had previously circulated, with the value of the East African currency equal to that of India. In 1920, the rupee was revalued against 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.

The currency is noteworthy for including the world's first aluminium coin, the 1906 1 cent.

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Preceded by: Indian rupee Ratio: at par	Currency of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda) 1906 – 1920	Succeeded by: East African florin Ratio: at par
Preceded by: German East African rupie Reason: Tanganyika given to United Kingdom by Treaty of Versailles Ratio: at par	Currency of Tanganyika 1919 – 1920	Succeeded by: East African florin Ratio: at par

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 *[http://www.globalfinancialdata.com/gh/GHC_Histories.xls Global Financial Data currency histories table]
-*[http://users.erols.com/kurrency/africa.htm Tables of modern monetary history: Africa]
+*[http://users.erols.com/kurrency/ke.htm Tables of modern monetary history: Kenya]
+*[http://users.erols.com/kurrency/tz.htm Tables of modern monetary history: Tanzania]
+*[http://users.erols.com/kurrency/ug.htm Tables of modern monetary history: Uganda]
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