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1000 Shillings 2 Euro cent Austria
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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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 (antelope) to the left and a grey crowned crane to the right, with a traditional drum and the River Nile depicted on the shield. A rising sun appears at the center of the shield. Below the supporters, a scroll bears the national motto in the exergue. The circular legend reads 'BANK OF UGANDA' along the upper periphery and '1000 SHILLINGS' along the lower periphery, with the date '1999' divided on either side of the arms. The design is framed by a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This piece belongs to a curious genre of the late 1990s novelty issues — a Ugandan shilling denomination struck to physically incorporate a genuine European Union pre-circulation 2 euro cent coin ahead of the euro's 2002 launch. The embedded coin is a real Austrian mint product, struck in copper-clad steel, bonded to the host flan via a paper applique ring. Uganda issued several of these "coin-in-coin" pieces across different EU member denominations, targeting the collector market rather than any circulation purpose.