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2000 Shillings Golden Wedding, copper-nickel
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Currency | New shilling (1987-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the Arms of Uganda in high relief, depicting a shield charged with a sun and drum, supported on the dexter side by a Uganda kob (antelope) rampant and on the sinister side by a grey crowned crane, with a traditional drum and spears in saltire behind the shield and a scroll bearing the national motto FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY at the base. The legend BANK OF UGANDA curves along the upper periphery, while the denomination 2000 SHILLINGS is inscribed in two lines along the lower left and lower right of the field respectively. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Uganda's Golden Wedding commemorative was part of a wave of late-1990s issues produced by foreign mints on behalf of smaller central banks seeking hard currency revenue from coin collectors rather than circulation. The Bank of Uganda had no particular institutional connection to the British royal family; the issue was essentially a licensing arrangement, with the commemorative theme chosen entirely for its export sales potential to Commonwealth-market collectors.
The copper-nickel version was struck alongside a silver proof issue, the base metal piece serving the budget end of the collector market.