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1000 Shillings Elephant
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Value | 1000 Shillings |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Uganda occupies the central field, featuring a shield supported by two figures: a Uganda kob (Kobus kob thomasi) to the left and a grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) to the right, with a representation of the River Nile and the sun at the centre of the shield. The legend 'BANK OF UGANDA' arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination '1000 SHILLINGS' is inscribed along the lower rim. The date '2001' is split across the left and right fields, flanking the arms. The motto 'FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY' appears on a scroll at the base of the arms. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Uganda's shilling had collapsed so severely by the 1980s that the 1000-shilling denomination, once unthinkable for a circulating coin, became routine by the early 2000s. The Bank of Uganda issued this piece amid a period of relative monetary stabilization under the Museveni government, after decades of inflation that had rendered earlier coin series effectively worthless as metal.
KM#81 is a bimetallic series outlier — copper-nickel at this size and weight was an unusual choice for a denomination that contemporaneous African issuers were producing in brass or bimetallic formats.