By 1934, the rate was variable from 1 shilling to 7 shillings and sixpence in the pound (5 to 37.5 ).

In early October 2004, during and immediately after the election of the Transitional Federal Government, the exchange rate of the illegal currency appreciated from 25,000 to 18,000 shillings to the United States dollar.

The demand was declined by the printers owing to the small sum of money requested and in view of the fact that the clients were asking to print the equivalent of 30,000 shillings per United States dollar, when the printers were offering 25,000 shillings to the United States dollar.

Individual requests vary from 50 million to 500 million shillings per day, equivalent to 2,000 to 20,000 (calculated at an exchange rate of 25,000 shillings to the United States dollar).

He was mesmerised by what he saw and with the last remaining 5 shillings that he had in his pocket, he decided to buy her a banana too.

In some regions of the country, such as Puntland , the exchange rate topped 13,000 shillings to the United States dollar.

In 1951, the rupee was replaced by the East African shilling which was on par with the shilling sterling.

The registration fee is US 75 for participants from outside of Africa, US 50 for residents of Africa outside of Kenya, and KES 2,500 for Kenyan residents.

For example, during the second week of January 2005, a khat trader placed an order to print 500 million counterfeit shillings ( 20,000).

Armstrong explained the brutal reality of their situation they paid 1,500 shillings in rent, about 20 bucks a month, a relatively high price for a Kenyan shantytown, and they could not afford to be late with the money.

In 1816, the gold standard was adopted officially, with the silver standard reduced to 66 shillings (66 , 3 6s), rendering silver coins a token issue (i.e., not containing their value in precious metal).

When news broke that the government of Uganda intends to use 1 trillion shillings (US 300 million) of taxpayer money to bail out defaulting businesses, Ugandans on Twitter called the move a 'scam and suggested the bailout money go towards Uganda's neglected public schools instead.