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| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#261 |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 1999 |
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Issued by the Bank of Uganda in 1999, this piece belongs to a short series of novelty coins embedding actual euro cent pieces — struck before the euro entered circulation — into a Ugandan shilling host coin as a speculative collectible. The euro coins used were advance production pieces, distributed through numismatic channels ahead of the 2002 cash changeover. Uganda had no political or economic relationship with the eurozone; the issuer is effectively a licensing arrangement with a private mint.
The paper appliqué bonding method has proven unreliable over time. Separation of the embedded piece is common, and intact examples are worth examining carefully at the join.