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2000 Shillings Eusébio
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the national coat of arms of Uganda at center, depicting a shield supported by a kob antelope to the left and a grey crowned crane to the right, with a drum and the motto ribbon below. The date is divided across the field, with '20' to the left and '06' to the right of the shield. The legend 'BANK OF UGANDA' arcs along the upper periphery, while '2000 SHILLINGS' is inscribed along the lower periphery. The entire design is surrounded by a fine beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Uganda's commemorative program in the mid-2000s leaned heavily on football iconography, and this issue honors Eusébio da Silva Ferreira — the Mozambican-born striker who became the centerpiece of Benfica's dominant European runs in the early 1960s and finished as top scorer at the 1966 World Cup with nine goals. The connection to Uganda is purely commercial: these silver-plated issues were produced for the international collector market, not domestic circulation, under licensing arrangements that became common among smaller issuing authorities seeking hard currency revenue.