Rare British East Africa 1920 A Edition 1 Florin Before the British currency reform in 1971, the currency unit conversion was complicated: 7.3 grams of gold = 1 gold pound sterling (sover).
author：Nanyang Gleaning
Rare British East Africa 1920 A Edition 1 Florin
Before the British currency reform in 1971, the conversion of monetary units was complicated:
7.3 grams of gold = 1 gold pound sterling (sovereign)
1 gold pound = 4 crown
=10 florins
=20 shilling
=240p (penny)
=960 Farthing
British East Africa (also known as the East African Protectorate, East Africa, and Uganda Protectorate), covers an area of 639,209 square kilometers, roughly including present-day Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zanzibar.
From 1897~1964, the colonial government issued a total of 48 coins of different denominations and materials, of which the largest denomination is this 1 florins silver coin issued in 1920 (1 florins is equal to 2 shillings in the nineteenth century, the purchasing power is equivalent to 350 yuan), its weight is 11.66 grams, diameter 30 mm, thickness 2.1 mm, silver content .500, the obverse of the coin is the left bust of George V, the back is made of Kilimanjaro, African lion, denomination, FORMED IN 1920 AND EAST AFRICA, ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL PCGS DATA, THE COIN CAME IN THREE VERSIONS:
1. Unmarked edition 1,479,000 pieces London Mint
Version 2.A 542,000 Yorkshire Mint
Version 3.H 9,689,000 pieces Birmingham Mint
THE EXISTENCE OF THIS COIN HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MYSTERY, EVEN THE LARGEST ISSUANCE OF THE H VERSION, IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND A COIN ON THE MARKET, PCGS HAS ONLY TEN POINTS, SUCH AS HERITAGE SUCH A LARGE GLOBAL AUCTION COMPANY, SO FAR ONLY FOUR AUCTION RECORDS, THE MOST RECENT AUCTION WAS SEVEN YEARS AGO IN JANUARY 2015.
(According to other sources, only one 1 florine in British East Africa was survived in 1921.)
Rare British East Africa 1920 A Edition 1 Florin Before the British currency reform in 1971, the currency unit conversion was complicated: 7.3 grams of gold = 1 gold pound sterling (sover).
Rare British East Africa 1920 A Edition 1 Florin Before the British currency reform in 1971, the currency unit conversion was complicated: 7.3 grams of gold = 1 gold pound sterling (sover).
Rare British East Africa 1920 A Edition 1 Florin Before the British currency reform in 1971, the currency unit conversion was complicated: 7.3 grams of gold = 1 gold pound sterling (sover).
Rare British East Africa 1920 A Edition 1 Florin Before the British currency reform in 1971, the currency unit conversion was complicated: 7.3 grams of gold = 1 gold pound sterling (sover).
Rare British East Africa 1920 A Edition 1 Florin Before the British currency reform in 1971, the currency unit conversion was complicated: 7.3 grams of gold = 1 gold pound sterling (sover).
Rare British East Africa 1920 A Edition 1 Florin Before the British currency reform in 1971, the currency unit conversion was complicated: 7.3 grams of gold = 1 gold pound sterling (sover).
Rare British East Africa 1920 A Edition 1 Florin Before the British currency reform in 1971, the currency unit conversion was complicated: 7.3 grams of gold = 1 gold pound sterling (sover).
Rare British East Africa 1920 A Edition 1 Florin Before the British currency reform in 1971, the currency unit conversion was complicated: 7.3 grams of gold = 1 gold pound sterling (sover).
Rare British East Africa 1920 A Edition 1 Florin Before the British currency reform in 1971, the currency unit conversion was complicated: 7.3 grams of gold = 1 gold pound sterling (sover).
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