Fanuel Omung’ala has been stocking one shilling coins in his house for the past six months. Mr Omung’ala, a pastor in Luanda in Western Kenya, says he has decided to keep the pennies because no ...

On November 12, 2025, the US Mint officially ceased production of the one-cent coin (penny), ending 232 years of circulation to cut costs, as each penny cost about four cents to produce. While ...

Nairobi — Kenyans are such coin collectors they keep a total of Sh2.5 billion shillings in coppers and silvers in their office drawers, car glove compartments, piggy banks, purses, old shoes and ...

An extraordinarily rare coin with a face value of just pennies when it was minted in mid-17th century New England could sell for the equivalent of about $300,000 when it’s put up for auction in London ...

Kampala — THE Bank of Uganda is to conduct an opinion poll on whether to have a 1000-shilling coin, or whether to keep the old notes. Coins are cheaper for the central bank in the long run because ...