One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor. Current currency in the inherited endpoint register. Dated observations: 1966–1967; this does not establish the entire lifetime.
Parents / predecessors
East African shillingnational issue succeeds regional currency · 1966 national transition; no shared regional termination date
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Kenyan shillingFTM000654 · C472, C473, C474
Monetary history 3 events
Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
1 July 1966; issue date not established by this passageNotes legalised before issue
CBK distinguishes Legal Notice 252 of 1 July 1966 from banknote issue: the notes were legalised but not yet issued on that date.
C472
10 April 1967First national coin issue
CBK dates first national shilling coins to 10 April 1967.
C473
1966-08-23Regional notes tender notice
Legal Notice 253 keeps EACB notes as Kenyan tender for one year from the start of their exchange into national currency; it supplies no exchange-start date.
C620
Evidence & research notes 7 claims
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Supported C472
CBK distinguishes Legal Notice 252 of 1 July 1966 from banknote issue: the notes were legalised but not yet issued on that date.
Central Bank of Kenya · Currency History — national issue and regional currency withdrawalCitation S213 · Open source ↗
paragraph beginning With the establishment of individual Central Banks
Source access and limitations
Notice itself and original exchange law not inspected.
Regional withdrawals are month precision; no universal regional withdrawal day is inferred.
Earlier barter-origin narrative not used.
Supported C473
CBK dates first national shilling coins to 10 April 1967.
Central Bank of Kenya · Currency History — national issue and regional currency withdrawalCitation S213 · Open source ↗
paragraph beginning On April 10, 1967
Source access and limitations
Notice itself and original exchange law not inspected.
Regional withdrawals are month precision; no universal regional withdrawal day is inferred.
Earlier barter-origin narrative not used.
Supported C474
CBK reports regional banknotes losing tender in Kenya in September 1967 and regional coins in April 1969.
Central Bank of Kenya · Currency History — national issue and regional currency withdrawalCitation S213 · Open source ↗
Notice itself and original exchange law not inspected.
Regional withdrawals are month precision; no universal regional withdrawal day is inferred.
Earlier barter-origin narrative not used.
Supported C618
Kenya Act s.23 requires at-par exchange of EACB notes and coins while they remain tender, with further at-par exchange periods separately authorisable.
Republic of Kenya; Kenya Law · Central Bank of Kenya Act 1966, Act 15 — version at 3 June 1969Citation S337 · Open source ↗
s.23, historical version at 3 June 1969
Source access and limitations
Consolidated historical text, not the as-made Gazette.
Section-specific original commencement notices and actual exchange-start/withdrawal notices remain uninspected.
Supported C619
Section 22(4) leaves former-board tender duration to ministerial determination; s.24 separately qualifies exchange of damaged currency.
Republic of Kenya; Kenya Law · Central Bank of Kenya Act 1966, Act 15 — version at 3 June 1969Citation S337 · Open source ↗
ss.22(4) and 24
Source access and limitations
Consolidated historical text, not the as-made Gazette.
Section-specific original commencement notices and actual exchange-start/withdrawal notices remain uninspected.
Supported C620
Legal Notice 253 keeps EACB notes as Kenyan tender for one year from the start of their exchange into national currency; it supplies no exchange-start date.
Kenya Minister for Finance; Kenya Law · Legal Tender of East African Shillings — Legal Notice 253 of 1966, original-date versionCitation S338 · Open source ↗
Complete operative notice, printed p.1 / PDF p.3
Source access and limitations
Version dated 23 August 1966.
One-year interval runs from exchange start, which this notice does not date.
It covers notes, not a universal coin withdrawal deadline.
Inference C641
Gold’s indexed IMF account reports former-board notes losing tender on 14 September 1967 under a joint decision; original territorial notices are needed to resolve Uganda’s conflicting timeline.
Joseph Gold; International Monetary Fund · Membership and Nonmembership in the International Monetary Fund — chapter 4: Membership and CurrencyCitation S345 · Open source ↗
printed pp.115–116, national currency transition; indexed-only
Source access and limitations
Statute summaries and regional 14 September 1967 withdrawal date are not substituted for the original territorial acts/notices.
Conflicts with the indexed Bank of Uganda timeline remain open.
Indexed printed pp.115–116 on national East African currencies and former-board exchange inspected; full chapter retrieval returned 403