Kenyan shilling

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currency fiat currency

The Kenyan shilling is the official monetary unit of Kenya, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
KSh	2
KES	1
Kenyan shillings	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	currency ⓘ fiat currency ⓘ
belongsToCurrencyFamily	shilling ⓘ
centralBank	CBK ⓘ Central Bank of Kenya ⓘ
circulationStatus	in circulation ⓘ
country	Kenya ⓘ
denominationType	banknote ⓘ coin ⓘ
hasPluralName	Kenyan shilling self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kenyan shillings
hasSecurityFeatures	holographic elements on some banknotes ⓘ security threads on banknotes ⓘ watermarks on banknotes ⓘ
introduced	1966 ⓘ
isLegalTender	true ⓘ
ISO4217Code	Kenyan shilling self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: KES
isPegged	false ⓘ
legalTenderIn	Kenya ⓘ
localAbbreviation	Kenyan shilling self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: KSh
localName	shilingi ya Kenya ⓘ
localNameLanguage	Swahili ⓘ
monetaryAuthority	Central Bank of Kenya ⓘ
monetarySystem	decimal ⓘ
officialCurrencyOf	Kenya ⓘ
region	East Africa ⓘ
replacedCurrency	East African shilling ⓘ
subunit	cent ⓘ
subunitRatio	100 cents = 1 Kenyan shilling ⓘ
symbol	Kenyan shilling self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: KSh
typicalBanknoteDenominations	100 Kenyan shillings ⓘ 1000 Kenyan shillings ⓘ 200 Kenyan shillings ⓘ 50 Kenyan shillings ⓘ 500 Kenyan shillings ⓘ
typicalCoinDenominations	1 Kenyan shilling ⓘ 1 Kenyan shilling cent ⓘ 10 Kenyan shillings ⓘ 20 Kenyan shillings ⓘ 40 Kenyan shillings ⓘ 5 Kenyan shillings ⓘ
usedBy	businesses in Kenya ⓘ Government of Kenya ⓘ surface form: government of Kenya residents of Kenya ⓘ
usedFor	banking transactions in Kenya ⓘ electronic payments in Kenya ⓘ everyday transactions in Kenya ⓘ financial operations in Kenya ⓘ pricing goods and services in Kenya ⓘ tax payments in Kenya ⓘ wages and salaries in Kenya ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kenyan shilling → ISO4217Code → Kenyan shilling self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: KES

Kenya → currency → Kenyan shilling ⓘ

Nairobi Securities Exchange → currency → Kenyan shilling ⓘ

Kenyan shilling → hasPluralName → Kenyan shilling self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kenyan shillings

Kenyan shilling → localAbbreviation → Kenyan shilling self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: KSh

East African shilling → successorOf → Kenyan shilling ⓘ

Kenyan shilling → symbol → Kenyan shilling self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: KSh

Jubaland → usesCurrency → Kenyan shilling ⓘ