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20 Shillings With Arabic numerals and text
| Issuer | Banki Kuu ya Kenya / Central Bank of Kenya |
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| Year | 1966-1968 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta in three-quarter right-facing bust at left, with the national arms of Kenya at centre. The design incorporates guilloche underprint work typical of the period, with bilingual inscriptions in English and Swahili flanking the central vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | ٢٠ 20 BANK KUU YA KENYA CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA LEGAL TENDER FOR TWENTY SHILLINGS SHILINGI ISHIRINI TWENTY SHILLINGS شلن ٢٠ FOR THE BORD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA (Translation: 20 Central Bank of Kenya Twenty shillings Twenty shillings) |
| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of a sisal plantation in the foreground with agave plants in full growth, a loaded flat-bed railway wagon on tracks traversing the middle ground, and a range of mountains receding into the background. Denomination numerals in Western and Arabic script appear in each corner, with the value legend centred at the foot of the design. |
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