50 Cents With legend

Features

Issuer	Kenya
Period	Republic (1963-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1969-1978
Value	50 Cents (0.50 KES)
Currency	Shilling (1966-date)
Composition	Miedzionikiel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight	3.89 g
Diameter	20.96 mm
Thickness	1.32 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	31 December 2011
Number	N# 2639
References	KM# 13 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 13 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes). , Y# 10 Richard Sperry Yeoman. R. S. Yeoman's Modern & Current World Coins (16 volumes).

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Series: 1969 series

Obverse

Herb Kenii dzielący datę. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
1978
HARAMBEE
50
FIFTY CENTS

Reverse

Popiersie Mzee Jomo Kenyatty zwrócone w lewo. Legenda wokół krawędzi. Automatically translated

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF KENYA
· MZEE JOMO KENYATTA ·

Engraver: Norman Sillman

Edge

Trzcina Automatically translated

Mints

	Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)
	Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1969	4 400 000			$ 0.58	$ 0.58	$ 0.81	$ 1.00	$ 1.60	(en) London Mint	24%
1969	15								(en) London Mint; Proof	0.2%
1971	9 600 000		$ 0.36	$ 0.36	$ 0.36	$ 0.41	$ 0.46	$ 0.81	(en) London and Llantrisant Mints	36%
1973	3 360 000		$ 0.14	$ 0.35	$ 0.66	$ 0.72	$ 0.93	$ 1.20	(en) Llantrisant Mint	18%
1973	500								(en) Llantrisant Mint; Proof	0.5%
1974	12 640 000		$ 0.25	$ 0.25	$ 0.31	$ 0.46	$ 0.73	$ 1.60	(en) Llantrisant Mint	29%
1975	8 000 000		$ 0.50	$ 0.50	$ 0.50	$ 0.53	$ 0.91	$ 0.91	(en) Llantrisant Mint	22%
1977	16 000 000			$ 0.33	$ 0.33	$ 0.71	$ 1.10	$ 1.40	(en) Llantrisant Mint	11%
1978	20 480 000	$ 0.12	$ 0.12	$ 0.12	$ 0.46	$ 0.46	$ 0.50	$ 0.85	(en) Llantrisant Mint	36%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions 2022 November 20 - 21 The Archipelago Collection World Coins Showcase Auction 61284 Lot 99365	20 Nov 2022	1969 – (en) London Mint	UNC	USD 75.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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