East African shilling
E395097
The East African shilling was a colonial-era currency used in several British-administered territories in East Africa and parts of the Horn of Africa.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East African shilling canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3858192 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: East African shilling Context triple: [British Military Administration in Eritrea, currency, East African shilling]
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A.
East African shilling
The East African shilling is a proposed common currency intended to be used by member states of the East African Community to promote regional economic integration.
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B.
Kenyan shilling
The Kenyan shilling is the official monetary unit of Kenya, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
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C.
Tanzanian shilling
The Tanzanian shilling is the official monetary unit of Tanzania, used for everyday transactions and issued by the Bank of Tanzania.
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D.
Ugandan shilling
The Ugandan shilling is the official monetary unit of Uganda, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
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E.
Somali shilling
The Somali shilling is the official currency of Somalia, used primarily in domestic cash transactions despite the country’s prolonged political and economic instability.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: East African shilling Target entity description: The East African shilling was a colonial-era currency used in several British-administered territories in East Africa and parts of the Horn of Africa.
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A.
East African shilling
The East African shilling is a proposed common currency intended to be used by member states of the East African Community to promote regional economic integration.
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B.
Kenyan shilling
The Kenyan shilling is the official monetary unit of Kenya, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
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C.
Tanzanian shilling
The Tanzanian shilling is the official monetary unit of Tanzania, used for everyday transactions and issued by the Bank of Tanzania.
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D.
Ugandan shilling
The Ugandan shilling is the official monetary unit of Uganda, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
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E.
Somali shilling
The Somali shilling is the official currency of Somalia, used primarily in domestic cash transactions despite the country’s prolonged political and economic instability.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial currency
ⓘ
historical currency ⓘ |
| administeredBy | British colonial authorities ⓘ |
| banknoteDenomination |
10 shillings
ⓘ
100 shillings ⓘ 20 shillings ⓘ 5 shillings ⓘ |
| coinDenomination |
1 cent
ⓘ
1 shilling ⓘ 10 cents ⓘ 25 cents ⓘ 5 cents ⓘ 50 cents ⓘ |
| country |
Aden Protectorate
ⓘ
British East Africa ⓘ
surface form:
British Kenya
Somaliland ⓘ
surface form:
British Somaliland
British-controlled parts of present-day Somalia ⓘ Italian Somaliland under British administration ⓘ Tanzania ⓘ
surface form:
Tanganyika Territory
Trucial States ⓘ British Protectorate of Uganda ⓘ
surface form:
Uganda Protectorate
British Protectorate of Zanzibar ⓘ
surface form:
Zanzibar Protectorate
|
| currencyOf | East African Currency Board area ⓘ |
| denominationType |
banknote
ⓘ
coin ⓘ |
| endUse | 1960s ⓘ |
| exchangeRate | 20 East African shillings = 1 pound sterling ⓘ |
| issuer |
East African Currency Board area
ⓘ
surface form:
East African Currency Board
|
| monetaryAuthority |
East African Currency Board area
ⓘ
surface form:
East African Currency Board
|
| peggedTo |
Pound sterling
ⓘ
surface form:
pound sterling
|
| region |
British East Africa
ⓘ
British-administered Horn of Africa ⓘ |
| replacedByCurrency |
Kenyan shilling
ⓘ
Somali shilling ⓘ South Arabian dinar of the Federation of South Arabia ⓘ
surface form:
South Arabian dinar in Aden area
Tanzanian shilling ⓘ Ugandan shilling ⓘ |
| replacedCurrency |
German East African rupie
ⓘ
Indian rupee in East Africa ⓘ Maria Theresa thaler in some areas ⓘ |
| startUse | early 20th century ⓘ |
| subunit | cent ⓘ |
| subunitRatio | 1 shilling = 100 cents ⓘ |
| successorCurrencySystem | national currencies of newly independent East African states ⓘ |
| symbol |
/= (shilling sign used locally)
ⓘ
Sh. ⓘ |
| usedIn |
East Africa
ⓘ
Horn of Africa ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: East African shilling Description of subject: The East African shilling was a colonial-era currency used in several British-administered territories in East Africa and parts of the Horn of Africa.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
British Military Administration in Eritrea