East African shilling

currency issued for use in British controlled areas in East Africa from 1921 until 1969
Intangible currency Q1275499
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East African shilling

Summary

East African shilling is a currency[1]. It draws 128 Wikipedia views per month (currency category, ranking #167 of 601).[2]

Key Facts

  • East African shilling is in the country of East Africa Protectorate[3].
  • East African shilling's instance of is recorded as currency[4].
  • East African shilling's subclass of is recorded as shilling[5].
  • East African shilling's Commons category is recorded as East African shilling[6].
  • East African shilling's central bank/issuer is recorded as East African Currency Board[7].
  • East African shilling's start time is recorded as +1921-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • East African shilling's end time is recorded as +1969-00-00T00:00:00Z[9].
  • East African shilling's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06c6b6[10].
  • East African shilling's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0218537[11].
  • East African shilling's replaces is recorded as East African florin[12].
  • East African shilling's replaces is recorded as Italian East African lira[13].
  • East African shilling's replaced by is recorded as Yemeni Dinar[14].
  • East African shilling's replaced by is recorded as Tanzanian shilling[15].
  • East African shilling's replaced by is recorded as Kenyan shilling[16].
  • East African shilling's replaced by is recorded as Ugandan shilling[17].
  • East African shilling's replaced by is recorded as Somali shilling[18].
  • East African shilling's replaced by is recorded as Italian Somaliland somalo[19].
  • East African shilling's replaced by is recorded as bir[20].
  • East African shilling's price is recorded as {'unit': 'Q206243', 'amount': '+0.50'}[21].
  • East African shilling's price is recorded as {'unit': 'Q2273865', 'amount': '+1'}[22].
  • East African shilling's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as xiling-de-lafrica-oriental[23].

Why It Matters

East African shilling draws 128 Wikipedia views per month (currency category, ranking #167 of 601).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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