East African rupee
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The rupee was the currency of Britain's East African colonies and protectorates between 1906 and 1920. It was divided into 100 cents.
The rupee replaced the Indian rupee, which had previously circulated, with the value of the East African currency equal to that of India. In 1920, the rupee was revalued against sterling to a peg of 1 rupee = 2 shillings (1 florin). In East Africa, this was followed in the same year by the replacement of the rupee with the East African florin at par.
The currency is noteworthy for including the world's first aluminium coin, the 1906 1 cent.
References
- [Global Financial Data currency histories table]
- [Tables of modern monetary history: Kenya]
- [Tables of modern monetary history: Tanzania]
- [Tables of modern monetary history: Uganda]
| Rupees | |
|---|---|
| Current
| Indian rupee > Indonesian rupiah | Maldivian rufiyaa | Mauritian rupee | Nepalese rupee | Pakistani rupee | Seychelles rupee | Sri Lankan rupee |
| Defunct
| Afghan rupee > Bhutanese rupee | Burmese rupee | Danish Indian rupee | (British) East African rupee | French Indian rupee | German East African rupie | Gulf rupee | Hyderabad rupee | Italian Somaliland rupia | Netherlands Indian roepiah | Portuguese Indian rupia | Riau rupiah | Travancore rupee | West New Guinean rupiah | Zanzibari rupee |
| Fictional
| Hyrulian rupee |
| See also
| History of the rupee |
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