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10 Shillings Royal Wedding
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Currency | Shilling (1966-1987) |
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| Obverse description | The arms of Uganda occupy the central field, depicting a shield charged with a sun and supported by a Uganda kob (antelope) to the left and a grey crowned crane to the right, both standing on a grassy mound above a scroll bearing the national motto FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY. The legend BANK OF UGANDA curves along the upper periphery, with two dots flanking the design at each side. The denomination 10 SHILLINGS is inscribed in two lines in the lower field beneath the coat of arms. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Uganda issued this piece to mark the July 1981 wedding of Charles and Diana — one of dozens of Commonwealth nations that struck commemoratives for the occasion, most sharing nearly identical specifications through coordinated blanks supplied to multiple mints. Milton Obote had only just returned to power in Uganda following the 1980 elections, themselves disputed, making the decision to participate in Commonwealth commemorative coinage a pointed signal of re-engagement with Britain after the Amin years.