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5 Cents with legend
Features
| Country | Kenya |
|---|---|
| Period | Republic (1963-Date) |
| Type | Standard Circulation Coin |
| Years | 1969-1978 |
| Value | 5 Cents (0.05 KES) |
| Currency | Shilling (1966-Date) |
| Composition | Nickel Brass |
| Weight | 5.6 g |
| Diameter | 25.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.58 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal Alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | 12-31-2011 |
| References | KM# 10, Schön# 10 |
Obverse
Arms with supporters dividing date above value
Lettering:
REPUBLIC OF KENYA
19 70
HARAMBEE
5
FIVE CENTS
Engraver: N. Sillman
Reverse
Left bust of Jomo Kenyatta (President of Kenya 1963 - 1978)
Lettering:
THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF KENYA
MZEE JOMO KENYATTA
Edge
Smooth
| Year | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 800,000 | 6% | ||||||||||
| 1969 | 15 | 0.3% | Proof | |||||||||
| 1970 | 10,000,000 | 23% | ||||||||||
| 1971 | 29,680,000 | 43% | ||||||||||
| 1973 | 500 | 0.4% | Proof | |||||||||
| 1974 | 5,599,000 | 9% | ||||||||||
| 1975 | 28,000,000 | 25% | ||||||||||
| 1978 | 23,168,000 | 40% | ||||||||||