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100 Shillings
| Issuer | Banki Kuu ya Kenya / Central Bank of Kenya |
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| Year | 1989-1995 |
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| Size | 158 × 81 mm |
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| Obverse description | Front-facing portrait bust of President Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi at right, with the national arms as a central vignette and a floral motif at left. The underprint incorporates guilloche patterning across the note field. Bilingual legends in Swahili and English appear above and below the central design elements, with the denomination stated in both languages. |
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| Protection description | Lion head |
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The P#27 series spans an unusually long issue window and carries signatures from three different signing combinations, tracking the Central Bank's gubernatorial succession from Eric Kotut through Micah Cheserem across the early 1990s. Kotut's tenure coincided with severe IMF pressure on Kenya following the suspension of aid in 1991 over governance concerns — a period of acute monetary stress that kept the shilling under sustained devaluation pressure throughout the note's active life.
Two printers are credited for the series — De La Rue and Harrison & Sons — suggesting production was split across runs rather than shared on a single issue.