Fred , you might look at this ABC News report down there...post #6164.
You are speaking CURRENTLY. Kenya used (d) pence until 1966 when they changed to make the shilling split by cents.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2306351/posts?page=5695#5659
Could this fellow be in on the hoax? If someone were going to create a fake BC for someone in Australia, they would certainly not want to use someone who would debunk it when asked.