East African florin

The florin was the currency of the British colonies and protectorates of East Africa between 1920 and 1921. It was divided into 100 cents. It replaced the rupee at par, and was replaced in turn by the shilling at a rate of 2 shillings = 1 florin. The florin was equivalent to 2 shillings sterling.

Coins

Because of its short period in existence, few of the coins minted were actually issued and are consequently scarce today. Coins were minted in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents and 1 florin but, according to the "Standard Catalog of World Coins" (C. L. Krause & C. Mishler, Krause Publications), the 50 cents coins were not released for circulation and only 30% of the 1, 5 and 10 cent coins produced were issued for circulation.

Banknotes

The East African Currency Board issued notes in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 and 500 florins, with the notes valued at 10 florins and above also carrying the denomination in pounds (1, 2, 5, 10 and 50).

References

Preceded by: East African rupee Ratio: at par	Currency of East Africa (Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda) July 31, 1920 – December 31, 1921	Succeeded by: East African shilling Ratio: 2 shillings = 1 florin = 2 British shillings

Currencies named guilder, florin or similar

Circulating	Aruban florin Hungarian forint Netherlands Antillean guilder Polish złoty

Obsolete	Austro-Hungarian gulden (florin, forint) Baden gulden Bavarian gulden British Guianan guilder Danzig gulden Dutch guilder East African florin Fribourg gulden Lombardo-Venetian florin Luzern Gulden Netherlands Indies gulden Netherlands New Guinean gulden Neuchâtel gulden Schwyz Gulden South German Gulden Surinamese guilder Tuscan florin Württemberg Gulden

As a denomination	Florin (British coin) Florin (English coin) Florin (Irish coin) Florin (Italian coin)

Proposed	Caribbean guilder

See also	Florin sign (ƒ)

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