Catalog
100 Shillings
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 1973 |
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| Currency | Shilling (1966-1987) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF UGANDA ONE HUNDRED SHILLINGS SHILINGI MIA MOJA LEGAL TENDER FOR ONE HUNDRED SHILLINGS 100 FOR BANK OF UGANDA FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY (Translation: One hundred shillings) |
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| Protection description | Crested crane |
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Uganda's 1973 issues came during the brutal early years of Idi Amin's rule, following the 1971 coup that ousted Milton Obote. The currency retained broadly similar designs from the pre-Amin period — there was no immediate visual break, partly a matter of economics and partly because De La Rue contracts are not renegotiated overnight.
Thomas De La Rue had been the principal printer for Uganda since independence in 1962, and the P#9 continues that relationship without interruption. The watermark is the primary security device — a modest specification for a 100-shilling denomination, which was a meaningful sum in Uganda at the time.