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100 Shillings Dragon, steel
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Uganda occupies the central field, featuring a shield supported by a Uganda kob to the left and a crested crane to the right, with a sun motif at the centre of the shield and a scroll bearing the national motto below. The legend BANK OF UGANDA arcs along the upper periphery, separated by a raised dot on each side, while the denomination 100 SHILLINGS is inscribed along the lower periphery. The motto FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY appears on the scroll at the base of the arms. The entire design is bordered by a fine beaded inner circle. |
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| Obverse lettering | · BANK OF UGANDA · FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY 100 SHILLINGS |
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Uganda's dragon coinage from this period was part of a broader wave of novelty issues produced for the collector market rather than domestic circulation — struck to Asian-themed specifications and marketed heavily through Pacific Rim distributors. The Bank of Uganda lent its name to dozens of such pieces during the 2000s, a practice common among smaller issuing authorities seeking seigniorage revenue from foreign numismatic sales rather than monetary use.
KM#138 exists in both steel and a separate compositional variant, making attribution to the correct type a routine point of confusion in dealer inventory.