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1000 Shilling Rhinoceros
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Diameter | 38.60 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A colorized depiction of a White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) head in left profile, rendered within the design of a South African postage stamp. An outline map of the African continent appears below the stamp design, anchoring the composition. The legend COLOURFUL BIG FIVE OF AFRICA arcs along the upper portion of the reverse field, with the inscription South Africa appearing within the stamp design, identifying the country of origin of the stamp motif. |
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Uganda's wildlife coin program of the early 2000s was issued partly in response to international conservation pressure following the near-collapse of the country's black rhino population during the Idi Amin and Obote years, when poaching and military hunting reduced numbers to functionally zero within Uganda's borders. The silver-clad nickel composition — rather than solid silver — kept production costs low enough to flood the collector novelty market, which is precisely where most of these ended up.