[I am Richard Brandon]

It is 7s 6d not 4s 6d.
7s 6d was a very normal charge in Old Sterling:

7 shillings (no letter c) and 6 pence (d = Latin denarius)
7s 6d = seven and a half shillings
7s 6d = three eighths of a pound sterling

I know that we were dealing with East African Shillings, but the mindset came from the British who used Pounds, Shillings, and Pence.

Wikipedia says the EAS and pence were replaced in 1966 by the Kenyan shilling and cent, so PENCE would be correct in 1964 when it was created.

[Vera Lex]

Thank you for pointing out the error. My concern is of not with the numbers themselves with the pence 'd' symbol. I have not yet come across any evidence that either Kenya or (Zanzibar for that matter) ever used pence 'd' instead of cents 'c' at any time. Indeed this Wikipedia article states that since 1921 the EAS was divided into cents:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_shilling

Have a look at these Kenyan stamps issued in 1963 to celebrate Kenyan independence -

http://kenya-stamps.bonnyrigg.net/kenya/ken-sg1-14.htm



They are all denominated in shillings 's' and cents 'c'. The '7s.6d.' anomaly is therefore in urgent need of a credible explanation or the Kenyan certificate collapses.

(This does not mean that Obama was not born in Kenya, of course, just that we risk discrediting ourselves if we rely on this document as proof for the proposition that he was).

[SeattleBruce]

rolling_stone pointed out that Kenya used pennies before they started printing and minting money.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2306755/posts?page=1029#1029

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_the_East_African_shilling
(If we can trust the sources here.)

Fresh Wind pointed out a couple of other options for why the 7s 6d might have been used on a legit Kenyan doc:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2307402/posts?page=336#336

“It’s quite possible that British (shillings/pence) currency was used interchangably with the local (shillings/cents) currency.

It’s also possible that there was some confusion in the printing of these forms (they may well have been printed in Mother England).”

[JewishRighter]

"Wikipedia says the EAS and pence were replaced in 1966 by the Kenyan shilling and cent, so PENCE would be correct in 1964 when it was created."

Can you be more specific as to the source? What page at Wiki? TY