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1000 Shillings Leopard
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Value | 1000 Shillings |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the coat of arms of Uganda, featuring a shield supported by two kob antelopes, with a crested crane standing to the right and a drum in the foreground, all above a scroll bearing the national motto. The legend BANK OF UGANDA arcs along the upper rim, with the date 2001 split across the left and right fields. The denomination 1000 SHILLINGS appears along the lower rim, with the motto FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY inscribed on the scroll within the arms. |
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| Reverse description | A colorized depiction of a leopard (Panthera pardus) head in three-quarter facing view, rendered in the style of a South African postage stamp and set against an outline map of the African continent. The upper legend COLOURFUL BIG FIVE OF AFRICA arcs along the top of the field, while the inscription South Africa appears in the lower portion of the stamp vignette, identifying the thematic origin of the design. |
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Uganda's wildlife coin program of the early 2000s was aimed squarely at the collector market rather than domestic circulation — these pieces were never intended to pass through Kampala market stalls. The Bank of Uganda issued several denominations in the series concurrently, with the 1000 Shillings sitting at the upper end of face value for a base-metal piece at a time when actual purchasing power of that sum was already eroding under persistent inflation.