East African florin

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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 by the shilling at a rate of 2 shillings = 1 florin. The florin was equivalent to 2 shillings sterling.

[edit] 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 cents coins produced were issued for circulation.

[edit] Banknotes

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

[edit] 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 shilling

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Current	Aruban florin · Hungarian forint · Netherlands Antillean gulden · Polish złoty
Defunct	Austro-Hungarian gulden · British Guianan guilder · Danzig gulden · Dutch gulden · East African florin · Netherlands Indian gulden · Surinamese gulden · West New Guinean gulden
As a denomination	Baden Gulden · Bavarian Gulden · British florin · English florin · Irish florin · Italian florin · Lombardy-Venetia florin · South German Gulden · Tuscan fiorino · Württemberg Gulden