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100 Shillings Alligator
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 2010 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The central field features the coat of arms of Uganda, depicting a shield supported by a Uganda kob (antelope) to the left and a grey crowned crane to the right, both standing on a grassy mound with the River Nile and the Ugandan sun in the shield's quarters. The issue date is divided across the field, with '20' to the left and '10' to the right of the arms. The upper legend reads 'BANK OF UGANDA' arcing along the rim, while the lower legend 'FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY' appears on a scroll beneath the supporters, and the denomination '100 SHILLINGS' is inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Uganda's wildlife coin program has produced dozens of issues aimed squarely at the collector market, and this piece is firmly in that category — never intended for circulation, struck in quantity for international distributors, and carrying a face value that bears no relationship to its retail price.
The Nile crocodile series drew on Uganda's position along the northern shore of Lake Victoria and the upper Nile basin, where *Crocodylus niloticus* populations remain significant. Silver-plated copper-nickel at this size was the budget tier of the commemorative market in 2010, undercutting solid silver issues while maintaining the large-format visual impact distributors preferred.