...Kenya - 2019/2024 Series Full Set Reprints

The Republic of Kenya

(Jamhuri ya Kenya)

Central Bank of Kenya (est. 1966)

(Banki Kuu ya Kenya)

Currency - Shilling (KES)

Here are five notes from 50 to 1000 shillings all dated 2024. This series of notes were first introduced in 2019 and the full sets that I have posted here are the reprints of 2019. Apart from the new date and new signatures, the rest of the designs for these notes are the same as those first introduced in 2019.

 

Fifty Shillings

Front - Jomo Kenyatta statue and the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC). Jomo Kenyatta (b.1897-1978 Kamau wa Muigai). He served as the Prime Minister of Kenya from 1963 to 1964, and then President until his death in 1978. The KICC was built in 1974. In the background is the silhouette of the city skyline and a mountain (Mount Kenya - the tallest mountain in Kenya).

 

Governor - Kamau Thugge (tenure 2023-)

Member - Dr Chris K Kiptoo (tenure 2022-)

Watermarks - Lion's head and electrotype CBK & 50

Dimensions - 123.5mm x 62mm

 

Back - Theme - Green energy (Wind Power, Geothermal Power, Solar Power). Kenya has one of the biggest wind farms in Africa and is located at Loiyangalani. 

 

 

One Hundred Shillings

 

Front - Jomo Kenyatta statue and the Kenyatta International Convention Center. Jomo Kenyatta (b.1897-1978 Kamau wa Muigai). Kenyatta served as the Prime Minister of Kenya from 1963 to 1964, and then President until his death in 1978. The KICC was built in 1974. In the background is the silhouette of the city skyline and a mountain (Mount Kenya - the tallest mountain in Kenya).

 

Governor - Kamau Thugge (tenure 2023-)

Member - Dr Chris K Kiptoo (tenure 2022-)

Watermarks - Lion's head and electrotype CBK & 100

Dimensions - 129mm x 64.5mm

 

Back - Agriculture theme, with maize, farmer harvesting tea leaves by hand, livestock.

 

 

Two Hundred Shillings

 

Front - Jomo Kenyatta statue and the Kenyatta International Convention Center. Jomo Kenyatta (b.1897-1978 Kamau wa Muigai). He served as the Prime Minister of Kenya from 1963 to 1964, and then President until his death in 1978. The KICC was built in 1974. In the background is the silhouette of the city skyline and a mountain (Mount Kenya - the tallest mountain in Kenya).

 

Governor - Kamau Thugge (tenure 2023-)

Member - Dr Chris K Kiptoo (tenure 2022-)

Watermarks - Lion's head and electrotype CBK & 200

Dimensions - 133.5mm x 67mm

 

Back - Social Services theme with health services, education (children working with laptops) and athletes.

 

 

Five Hundred Shillings

 

Front - Jomo Kenyatta statue and the Kenyatta International Convention Center. Jomo Kenyatta (b.1897-1978 Kamau wa Muigai). He served as the Prime Minister of Kenya from 1963 to 1964, and then President until his death in 1978. The KICC was built in 1974. In the background is the silhouette of the city skyline and a mountain (Mount Kenya - the tallest mountain in Kenya).

 

Governor - Kamau Thugge (tenure 2023-)

Member - Dr Chris K Kiptoo (tenure 2022-) 

Watermarks - Lion's head and electrotype CBK & 500

Dimensions - 138mm x 68mm

 

Back - Tourism theme with wild animals - elephants, giraffes and a lion. 

 

 

 

One Thousand Shillings 

Front - Jomo Kenyatta statue and the Kenyatta International Convention Center. Jomo Kenyatta (b.1897-1978 Kamau wa Muigai). He served as the Prime Minister of Kenya from 1963 to 1964, and then President until his death in 1978. The KICC was built in 1974. In the background is the silhouette of the city skyline and a mountain (Mount Kenya - the tallest mountain in Kenya). 

 

Governor - Kamau Thugge (tenure 2023-)

Member - Dr Chris K Kiptoo (tenure 2022-)

Date - 2024

Watermarks - Lion head and electrotype 1000 & CBK

Dimensions - 144mm x 70mm

Back - Governance theme with Parliament house in Nairobi.