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100 Rupees
| Issuer | Government of the East Africa Protectorate |
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| Year | 1912 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Typographed note in green and black on white paper, with the issuer's title in bold letterpress across the upper portion within an elaborate guilloche border. The denomination ONE HUNDRED RUPEES is printed in large central text, flanked by numerals 100 in ornate cartouches on either side, with a multilingual denomination line in Arabic and Gujarati script below. The place and date of issue, Mombasa, 1st July 1912, appear beneath, with a manuscript signature to the lower right above the printed designation FOR THE CURRENCY COMMISSIONERS. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE GOVERNMENT OF THE EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE PROMISES TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED RUPEES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a mirror-image impression of the obverse design printed on plain white paper, representing the show-through of the typographed obverse text and guilloche framework visible in reverse orientation. No additional design elements or lettering are present on the reverse proper, consistent with the printing practice for this issue. |
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