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| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Diameter | 39 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a full-length portrait of Italian football legend Giacinto Facchetti rendered in low relief, depicted holding a football at his side against a stylized background evoking Italian architectural motifs. A banner bearing the inscription HALL OF FAME OF FOOTBALL arcs prominently across the upper portion of the field. The date 2006 appears in the lower central field in a decorative script, with the inscription Italy 1990's inscribed below in italic lettering, referencing his celebrated association with Italian football. The composition is enclosed within a beaded border consistent with the obverse design. |
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| Reverse lettering | HALL OF FAME OF FOOTBALL 2006 Italy 1990's |
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Giacinto Facchetti captained Italy at the 1970 World Cup final and spent his entire 17-year playing career at Inter Milan, where he redefined the attacking full-back role under Helenio Herrera's Grande Inter side of the 1960s. He died in September 2006, the same year this coin was issued. Uganda's Bank of Uganda produced a substantial run of licensed football-themed issues during this period, contracting with European distributors to put foreign sporting figures on Ugandan denominations — a practice driven entirely by the collector market, with no domestic circulation intended.