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1000 Shillings Summer Olympics - Paris
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Thickness | 3.2 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a central design commemorating the 1900 Paris Exposition universelle and the Second Summer Olympic Games held in Paris, featuring the Olympic Games logo prominently in the field. A representation of the Paris Exposition medal appears at the top of the design, while the iconic Eiffel Tower is rendered at the bottom. Surrounding legends reference both the Olympic Games and the Exposition, with an additional inscription noting the centenary of the modern Olympic movement from its Greek origins to the 1996 Atlanta Games. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Uganda's participation in the 2002 commemorative market had little to do with athletics and everything to do with a thriving secondary coin trade. This piece was struck for the 2004 Athens Olympics, not Paris — no Summer Games were held in Paris in or around 2002, and the coin's nominal connection to "Paris" likely reflects a distributor's cataloging error or a speculative issue sold through European trading houses that routinely marketed African-authority commemoratives with loosely assigned themes.