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1000 Shillings Summer Olympics - Mexico City
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Currency | New shilling (1987-date) |
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| Reverse description | The central device depicts a reproduction of the Mexican postage stamp issued for the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, showing the stylised 'mexico68' logo with the Olympic rings at upper right and a value inscription 'AEREO $1.20' at upper left, with a row of athletes running to the right rendered in silhouette below. The stamp design is framed by a perforated border as typically found on postage stamps. The circumferential legend 'XXVI SUMMER GAMES' arcs along the upper periphery, and '100 YEARS FROM GREECE TO ATLANTA' curves along the lower periphery, all within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | XXVI SUMMER GAMES 100 YEARS FROM GREECE TO ATLANTA CORREO $1.20 MEXICO 68 |
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Uganda's 1996 commemorative program was one of several African nations licensing Olympic themes from the IOC for coin issues that had no meaningful domestic circulation — produced almost entirely for the collector export market. The Bank of Uganda issued numerous such pieces through the 1990s, contracting foreign mints to strike them in volume for sale through numismatic distributors.
Mexico City 1968, not 1996, making the thematic link here purely nostalgic rather than current.