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20 Shillings
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 1966 |
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| Printer | Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, United Kingdom (1856-1990) |
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| Obverse description | The Ugandan national arms vignette occupies the left portion of the note, set against a mauve and purple guilloche underprint with ornate rosettes at the corners and along the borders. The large numeral 20 appears in intaglio at lower left, with the central field carrying the denomination in both English and Swahili. Signatures of the Governor and Secretary appear below the legal tender clause, with the serial number printed twice in red. |
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| Reverse description | A panoramic wildlife vignette spans the full width of the note, with a colobus monkey at left, a lioness with cub at left-centre, a marabou stork at centre, and a group of elephants, zebras, and impala at right, all rendered against an open savanna landscape. The design is executed in purple and mauve tones with guilloche borders framing the scene. The denomination numeral 20 and the legend TWENTY SHILLINGS appear within the composition. |
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Uganda's first post-independence banknotes replaced the East African Currency Board issues, and this 20 Shillings belongs to that founding series — Uganda having gained independence in October 1962 but taking several years to establish its own central bank and currency infrastructure. Bradbury Wilkinson, then operating from their New Malden works in Surrey, handled a significant volume of African post-colonial currency work during this period and brought consistent intaglio quality to the job.
The Pick 3 series is not especially rare, but earlier Uganda issues attract more collector attention than they once did, partly because the country's turbulent monetary history under Amin made pre-1971 material a natural stopping point.