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1000 Shillings 50 Euro cent Germany
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 1999 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Coat of Arms of Uganda, featuring a shield supported by a kob antelope to the left and a grey crowned crane to the right, with a representation of the River Nile in the shield's center. A scroll below the shield bears the national motto in the legend. The circular legend reads 'BANK OF UGANDA' at the top and '1000 SHILLINGS' at the bottom, with the date '1999' divided on either side of the shield. The design is rendered in high relief with a reeded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued by the Bank of Uganda in 1999 — a full two years before the euro entered circulation — this piece is a novelty item produced speculatively to commemorate the then-upcoming European currency. Uganda had no role in the eurozone project; the "50 Euro cent" denomination is entirely fictional under Ugandan monetary law. The embedded euro cent appliqué is a paper or metal insert, not a genuine coin.
KM#264 sits in a crowded category of late-1990s African collector issues that bundled foreign currency iconography onto legal-tender bases of questionable practical value.