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5 Shillings Plated steel
| Issuer | Central Bank of Kenya |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Composition | Nickel plated steel |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF KENYA 1994 HARAMBEE 5 FIVE SHILLINGS (Translation: All pull together.) |
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| Reverse lettering | PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC OF KENYA DANIEL TOROITICH ARAP MOI |
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Kenya's shift to nickel plated steel for this denomination in the early 1990s was driven by rising base metal costs that made the older cupro-nickel composition increasingly uneconomical to strike. The 1994 date falls within a turbulent period for the Kenyan shilling — structural adjustment programs demanded by the IMF had triggered significant inflation, quietly eroding the real value of the five-shilling piece even as the Central Bank updated its alloy.