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1000 Shillings Standing gorilla
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 2002-2003 |
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| Value | 1000 Shillings |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | GORILLAS OF AFRICA |
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Uganda's wildlife coin programs of the early 2000s were produced primarily for the collector export market, not domestic circulation, and this piece is no exception. The Bank of Uganda authorized several such issues through European trading houses during this period, a common arrangement among smaller economies seeking seigniorage revenue from foreign collectors rather than from actual monetary use.
The silver-plated bronze composition — rather than solid silver — places this firmly in the lower tier of that trade, unlikely to have crossed a Ugandan shop counter even once.