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100 Shillings Monkey, nickel plated steel
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Value | 100 Shillings |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Uganda occupies the central field, depicting a shield supported by two kob antelopes, with a crested crane to the right, set upon a grassy mound with the River Nile in the background. The legend BANK OF UGANDA arcs along the upper periphery within a beaded border, while the denomination 100 SHILLINGS is inscribed along the lower periphery. The national motto FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY appears on a scroll at the base of the arms. |
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| Reverse lettering | · BANK OF UGANDA · 2004 MONKEY |
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Uganda's shilling coinage underwent a significant overhaul in the early 2000s as the Bank of Uganda sought to reduce production costs — the shift to nickel-plated steel from earlier compositions was a practical response to rising base metal prices regionally. The 100 shilling denomination had been in circulation since the second shilling series of the 1980s, surviving Uganda's turbulent monetary history including the catastrophic inflation of the Amin and Obote years that had rendered earlier coinage worthless.
The Schön listing as C144.1 suggests at least one variant exists within the type — likely a die or planchet distinction worth noting if encountered alongside examples of differing surface texture.