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Prices in the Kenyan shilling are written in the form of x/y, where x is the amount in shillings, while y is the amount in cents. An equals sign or hyphen represents zero amount. For example, 50 cents is written as "-/50" and 100 shillings as "100/=" or "100/‑". Sometimes the abbreviation KSh is prefixed for distinction. If the amount is ...
During colonial times (roughly from 1680 to 1990) the respective colonial powers introduced their own currencies to their colonies or produced local versions of their currencies. These included the Somali shilling; the Italian East African lira; and the African franc (in Francophone countries). Many post-colonial governments have retained the ...
100 Somalia: Somali shilling: Sh or Shs (pl.) SOS Cent: 100 Somaliland: Somaliland shilling: Sh or Shs (pl.) (none) Cent: 100 South Africa: South African rand: R ZAR Cent: 100 South Ossetia: Russian ruble ₽ RUB Kopeck: 100 South Sudan: South Sudanese pound: SS£ SSP Piaster: 100 Spain: Euro € EUR Cent: 100 Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan rupee: Re or ...
Decimal currency was introduced in 1961, when the South African pound, previously based on the United Kingdom currency, was replaced by the rand (symbol R) at the rate of 2 rand to 1 pound, or 10 shillings to the rand. Thus the United Kingdom term "bob" for a shilling equates to 10 cents.
East African rupee – Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda French Indian rupee – French India Gulf rupee – Bahrain , Kuwait , Oman , Qatar and United Arab Empirates
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The East African shilling was the sterling unit of account in British-controlled areas of East Africa from 1921 until 1969. [2] It was issued by the East African Currency Board. It is also the proposed name for a common currency that the East African Community plans to introduce. The shilling was divided into 100 cents, and twenty shillings ...
A Decimal Coinage Commission had been set up in 1956 to consider a move away from the denominations of pounds, shillings, and pence; it submitted its recommendations on 8 August 1958. [3] It replaced the South African pound as legal tender, at the rate of 2 rand to 1 pound, or 10 shillings to the rand.