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20 Shillings Western numerals only
| Issuer | Banki Kuu ya Kenya / Central Bank of Kenya |
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| Year | 1969-1973 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | A three-quarter right-facing bust portrait of President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta occupies the left portion of the face, set against a fine guilloche underprint in blue-violet tones, with the national arms vignette appearing at centre-right beneath the bilingual bank title. Denomination numerals are placed in the upper and lower corners, with two facsimile signatures of the Board of Directors and a date printed below the arms. The inscription identifying Kenyatta as the first President of Kenya appears in association with the portrait. |
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| Variants | P#8a - 01.07.1969 P#8b - 01.07.1971 P#8c - 01.07.1972 P#8d - 01.07.1973 |
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Pick 8 is distinguished from the near-identical Pick 7 solely by the removal of Arabic-Swahili numerals from the denomination panel — a minor adjustment made to simplify the note for broader domestic legibility as Kenya moved through its early post-independence monetary administration. Duncan Ndegwa, who signed across the full run, served as the first African Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, appointed in 1967 after the departure of his British predecessor.
Bradbury Wilkinson's New Malden facility handled much of Anglophone Africa's security printing during this period. Foxing along the margins is a known issue with tropical-circulation examples from this series.