Mombasa

Mombasa

Territory administered by the Imperial British East Africa Company (1887-1895)

Location: Coastal Kenya

Capital City: Mombasa

Government type: Company-administered territory

Main languages: Swahili

Main religions: Sunni Islam

Chronology

1887: Mombasa leased to the Imperial British East Africa Company by Zanzibar

1895: Part of the East Africa Protectorate, united with the rest of modern Kenya, company rule ends

Currency

Rupee (1888-1895)

1 Rupee = 16 Annas = 64 Paisa

Coins from Mombasa in the collection

•1 Pice, 1888 (Queen Victoria (1887-1895), bronze, Calcutta mint, KM#1.1)