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1000 Shillings Pope Paul VI

Issuer Bank of Uganda
Year 1969-1970
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Reference(s) KM#17
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Reverse description A right-facing portrait bust of Pope Paul VI occupies the central field, encircled by a horizontal dashed ring. To the right of the bust appears the Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs at Namugongo, rendered in fine detail, while the papal coat of arms of the Vatican is positioned to the left. The legend BANK OF UGANDA KAMPALA JULY 1969 arcs around the design, with the date 1969 also present in the field.
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Issued to commemorate Pope Paul VI's visit to Uganda in July 1969 — the first papal visit to Africa in modern history. Paul VI traveled to Kampala to canonize the twenty-two Ugandan Martyrs, Catholics executed on the orders of Kabaka Mwanga II between 1885 and 1887. The political timing was acute: Uganda was just seven years into independence, and Idi Amin was months away from his 1971 coup.

At 138 grams of .900 gold, this is one of the heaviest commemorative coins struck by any African issuer in the entire decade.

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