Kenya new sig/date (2024) 500-shilling note (B147b) confirmed
2025-06-05
Like B147a, but new signatures (Thugge/Kiptoo), new date (2024), new security thread, and new printer (G&D without imprint). Courtesy of Jonathan Kinisu.Read More…
Kenya new sig/date 50-shilling note (B144b) confirmed
2025-02-03
Like B144a, but new signatures (Thugge/Kiptoo), new date (2024), and new printer (Giesecke & Devrient). Courtesy of Claudio Marana.Read More…
Kenya new sig/date (2024) 100-shilling note (B145b) confirmed
2025-01-23
Like B145a, but new signatures (Thugge/Kiptoo), new date (2024), new security thread, and new printer (G&D without imprint). Courtesy of Moustafa “Sam” Assad (4TopNotes on eBay).Read More…
Kenya new sig/date (2024) 200-shilling note (B146b) confirmed
2025-01-16
Like B146a, but new signatures (Thugge/Kiptoo), new date (2024), new security thread, and new printer (G&D without imprint). Courtesy of Moustafa “Sam” Assad (4TopNotes on eBay).Read More…
Kenya new sig/date (2024) 1,000-shilling note (B148b) confirmed
2024-10-04
On 6 August 2024, the Central Bank of Kenya announced that all notes would be revised with new dates, signatures, and color-shifting security threads specific to each denomination. The 1,000-shilling note is to be issued first, with other denominations following in the coming months as the bank exhausts its supply ofRead More…
Kenya revised 50- to 1,000-shilling notes (B144b – B148b) reported for introduction in 2024
2024-08-12
On 6 August 2024, the Central Bank of Kenya announced that all notes would be revised with new dates, signatures, and color-shifting security threads specific to each denomination. The 1,000-shilling note is to be issued first, with other denominations following in the coming months as the bank exhausts its supply ofRead More…
Kenya new 50- to 1,000-shilling notes (B144a – B148a) confirmed
2019-06-21
All of these new notes bear the image of Kenyatta International Conference Centre. The banknotes also embody each of the big five: buffalo, leopard, rhinoceros, lion, and elephant. Each banknote has a unique theme to show the richness of the people and nature in Kenya (50 shillings, Green Energy; 100Read More…
Kenya new note family report for introduction in mid-2018
2017-11-25
According to an article dated 24 November 2017 in the Standard Digital, the Central Bank of Kenya intends to introduce new coins and banknotes by the second quarter of 2018. Plans to redesign the currency to remove portraits of real people have been in the works since 2015, but haveRead More…
Kenya new banknote family reported for introduction on 29.09.2015
2015-10-11
According to an article on KBC dated 25 September 2015, on National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich says the government has finalized preparations for the new currency whose features would be unveiled on 29 September. Article 231 section 4 of the Constitution prohibits the use of portraits or images ofRead More…
Kenya to unveil new note family for introduction in February 2015
2013-08-20
According to an article on allAfrica dated 19 August 2013, this week the government of Kenya may unveil a new set of Kenya banknotes that will be in circulation by February 2015. Secretary to the Cabinet Francis Kimemia said the new 10-, 20-, 50-, 100-, and 1,000-shilling notes will depictRead More…