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Currency.
The Currency in Kenya since 1921 has been in Shillings and CENTS.
“A brief monetary history:
* Indian currency, till 1905
* British East Africa Rupee = (Indian Rupee) = 100 Cents, till 1920
* British East Africa Florin = (Rupee) = 100 Cents, 1920-1921
* British East Africa Shilling = (1/2 Florin) = 100 Cents, 1921-1966
* Kenya Shilling = (East Africa Shilling) = 100 Cents, from 1966 “
Up until 14 February 1966, Australian Currency was in Pounds, Shillings, and Pence. A typical price might be 7 shillings and 6 pence, usually written as 7s 6d
In Kenya, 7 East African Shillings and 6 cents would be written as 7s 6c
That would be a little odd, though not impossible. 7s and 50c would be fine, even 7s and 10c or 7s and 5c.
They’d stopped issuing 1c coins in 1962, as the bronze they were made of was worth far more than 1/100 of a shilling, or about 1/5 of a 1962 US cent. But not impossible, bureaucracies take a long time to change.
Source : Krause, Chester L. and Clifford Mishler (2003). 2004 Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1901–Present. Colin R. Bruce II (senior editor) (31st ed. ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0873495934.
Of course maybe the “7s 6d” on the supposed Kenyan certificate means something else entirely, and is purely by coincidence in the same spot as the “7s 6d” price on the South Australian one.
And if you believe that, I have a Wonderful Harbour Bridge to sell you. Cash please, no cheques.
What's the price? I'll pay you up to $250,000,000 for it.
I don’t understand what this has to do with book / page.
Typically people try to defend a side on these various issues. I don’t know enough about the currency elements. I saw that others on this or other threads were debating it, but I just pretty much skimmed that. I don’t really want to think about every single possible issue.
Your argument about P making more sense in Australia that Kenya is a reasonable one. I think someone said earlier it might have something to do with partial printing in a centrally located place.
Here’s another one - why, on the Aussie doc, is the only line of typewriter type that isn’t lined up the line with Lavender?
All very mysterious.