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10 Shillings
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 1987 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The central field displays the numeral 10 enclosed within a circular border, surrounded by stylized branches of coffee (Coffea spp.) bearing leaves and berries that frame the denomination. A decorative bowl filled with coffee beans appears at the bottom of the design, emphasizing Uganda's principal agricultural export. The issuer name BANK OF UGANDA arcs along the upper legend, while the date 1987 appears in the lower field. The overall composition is rendered in a clean, low-relief engraving style typical of late twentieth-century African circulation coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Uganda's shilling coinage of the mid-1980s was issued against a backdrop of severe economic instability following the Obote II government's collapse and the NRA's seizure of power in January 1986. Yoweri Museveni's new administration inherited an economy gutted by years of mismanagement and civil conflict, and the nickel plated steel composition of this issue reflects the fiscal constraints on the Uganda Mint's procurement of traditional coinage alloys.
KM#30 is a short-lived type, superseded as currency reform and redenomination efforts gained traction through the late 1980s.