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1000 Shillings Admiral Nelson
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | A facing three-quarter left portrait bust of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson is displayed within a circular medallion occupying the left portion of the field, rendered in fine relief with period naval uniform and decorations. To the right, a detailed depiction of HMS Victory under full sail occupies the remaining field. The legend ADMIRAL LORD NELSON arcs along the upper periphery, with VICTORY inscribed below, and Nelson's birth and death dates 1758-1805 appearing in the lower field. |
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| Reverse lettering | ADMIRAL LORD NELSON VICTORY 1758-1805 |
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Uganda's issuance of a coin honoring Horatio Nelson sits in the long tradition of Pacific and African sovereign mints producing commemorative foreign subjects for the collector market — pieces with no organic connection to the issuing nation's history, struck primarily for export revenue. Nelson died at Trafalgar in October 1805, and the 1999 date places this coin at the near-midpoint between that battle's 194th anniversary and its bicentennial, which in 2005 prompted a far larger wave of commemoratives from issuers worldwide.