Kenyan shilling

Shilling
Country:	Kenya
Subdivision:	100 cents
ISO 4217 code :	KES
Abbreviation:	K.Sh.
Exchange rate : (29 Mar 2020)	1  EUR  = 116.305 KES 100 KES = 0.8598 EUR 1  CHF  = 108.08 KES 100 KES = 0.9252 CHF

The Kenyan Shilling ( Swahili : Shilingi , Engl. : Kenyan Shilling ) is the currency of Kenya , which in 1964 the hitherto valid East African shilling replaced. One shilling is divided into 100 cents . The ISO code is KES .

Banknotes of 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 schillings are in circulation . Common coins are 1, 5, 10, 20 and (rarely) 40 shillings. The 40 shilling coin was issued in 2003 on the occasion of 40 years of independence from Great Britain . Older cent denominations are no longer in use due to their low value.

As a monetary policy program supported by the IMF or any other monetary policy program, the Kenyan shilling is subject to controlled floating without a specified exchange rate path.

The designation “Kenya pound” or “Bob” is also used for the 20 Kenya shilling coin.

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  Ten Kenyan shillings

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  Forty Kenyan Shillings

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  Twenty Kenyan Shillings

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  A thousand Kenyan shillings

Banknotes

Series from 2010
Illustration		value	Size in millimeters	colour	description
front	back				front	back	Watermark
		50	138 × 72	Brown Green	Portrait of Jomo Kenyatta	Elephant tusk arch in Mombasa , dromedary caravan	lion
		100	141 × 74	Purple-green		Kenyatta International Conference Center and Kenyatta statue in Nairobi
		200	144 × 76	Gray-green		Cotton harvest
		500	147 × 78	Gray-green		Building of the National Assembly in Nairobi
		1000	150 × 88	Brown Green		Elephant herd with buffalo

Web links

Commons : Money from Kenya  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• The banknotes of Kenya