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East African shilling
A history told through its predecessors and the currencies that followed.
8 ancestors8 descendantsEstablished connections in this atlas
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Predecessor1700–1794
Mughal rupee–dam accountingQualified · Intervening stages openLater contribution1818–1835
Madras pagoda–fanam accountingQualified · Later contributionLater contribution1793–1802
Patna Sanwat / Azeemabadee rupee accountDocumented · Later contributionPredecessor1835–1838
Calcutta sicca rupeeDocumentedLater contribution1955
Hyderabad Osmania / Hali sicca rupeeDocumented · Later contributionMultiple connectionsINR
Indian rupee2 connections · Includes qualified linksLater contribution1922
German East African rupee–pesa accountingQualified · Later contributionPredecessor1922
Kenya and Uganda florinDocumentedThis currency
East African shillingDates, conversion terms and evidence 9 connections
Indian rupee Kenya and Uganda florin
1920Documented1 Kenya and Uganda florin = 1 INRFlorins per former local rupee for covered contract references; not a universal cash withdrawal.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Kenya and Uganda florin East African shilling
1922Documented2 East African shilling = 1 Kenya and Uganda florinShillings per florin; covered obligations and surviving cash valued under principal order as amended.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Calcutta sicca rupee Indian rupee
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Hyderabad Osmania / Hali sicca rupee Indian rupee
1955DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Patna Sanwat / Azeemabadee rupee account Calcutta sicca rupee
1793–1802DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Mughal rupee–dam accounting Calcutta sicca rupee
Evidence period: 1700–1794QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Madras pagoda–fanam accounting Indian rupee
Evidence period: 1818–1835QualifiedLater contribution or absorptionA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Indian rupee German East African rupee–pesa accounting
Evidence period: 1890–1904QualifiedEarlier ancestry; intervening stages remain openA span of evidence, not an exact foundation date.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗German East African rupee–pesa accounting East African shilling
1922QualifiedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗What followed
6 direct successors or branches connected to this currency.
This currency
East African shillingSuccessor or branchKES
Kenyan shilling1966Documented1 KES = 1 East African shilling
Successor or branchTZS
Tanzanian shilling1966Documented1 TZS = 1 East African shilling
Successor or branchUGX
Ugandan shillingShow 3 more successors
Later absorptionSOS
Somali shilling1961DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Successor or branchETB
Ethiopian birrSuccessor or branch
South Arabian / South Yemeni dinarKeep going forwardExplore all 8 descendants +
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This currency
East African shillingSuccessor or branch1945
Ethiopian birrDocumentedLater absorption1961
Somali shillingDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1965
South Arabian / South Yemeni dinarDocumentedSuccessor or branch1966
Kenyan shillingDocumentedSuccessor or branch1966
Tanzanian shillingDocumentedSuccessor or branch1966–1967
Ugandan shillingDocumentedLater absorption1990–1996
Yemeni rialDocumented · Later contributionSuccessor or branch1997
Eritrean nakfaDocumentedDates, conversion terms and evidence 8 connections
East African shilling Kenyan shilling
1966Documented1 KES = 1 East African shillingKenya shillings per regional shilling under historical exchange provisions; further exchange periods and damaged cash separately qualified.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗East African shilling Tanzanian shilling
1966Documented1 TZS = 1 East African shillingOne Tanzanian shilling for one East African shilling under s.36; old tender and exchange windows separately governed by ss.33–34.
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗East African shilling Ugandan shilling
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗Ethiopian birr Eritrean nakfa
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗East African shilling Somali shilling
1961DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗East African shilling Ethiopian birr
Read the evidence and qualifications ↗South Arabian / South Yemeni dinar Yemeni rial
1990–1996DocumentedLater contribution or absorption
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