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100 Shillings Snake, 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 lettering | · BANK OF UGANDA · FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY 100 SHILLINGS |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Uganda's shilling had collapsed so severely by the late 1980s that the government redenominated in 1987, cutting six zeros and issuing a new shilling. The 100-shilling coin that eventually emerged in this nickel-plated steel format replaced earlier brass and cupro-nickel versions as the Bank of Uganda sought cheaper production costs during a period of continued monetary instability.
The snake depicted on this issue references Uganda's rich herpetofauna — a deliberate shift toward national wildlife imagery that distinguished Ugandan coinage from its earlier post-independence designs.