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5 Cents Without legend
| Issuer | Central Bank of Kenya |
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| Year | 1966-1968 |
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| Value | 5 Cents (0.05 KES) |
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| Obverse description | The full Coat of Arms of the Republic of Kenya is depicted centrally, featuring a traditional Maasai shield and two crossed spears, supported on either side by a rampant lion. A scroll below the shield bears the national motto HARAMBEE. The date is divided by the base of the arms, with the numeral 5 and the legend FIVE CENTS inscribed in the lower field. The circular legend REPUBLIC OF KENYA arcs along the upper periphery. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kenya's first coinage series, issued following independence in 1963, took several years to finalize — these pieces were struck at the Royal Mint in London while Kenya's own monetary infrastructure was still being established. The "without legend" designation distinguishes this type from a later variant; the modification was minor but reflects the iterative process common to newly sovereign nations standardizing their coinage language in the mid-1960s.