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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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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Uganda issued a series of footballer-themed coins in the mid-2000s aimed squarely at the collector and novelty market, with Peter Schmeichel appearing alongside other European stars of the 1990s. Schmeichel had retired from professional football in 2003, making this a retrospective tribute rather than a contemporary issue. Silver-plated copper-nickel was the standard substrate for this type of low-cost commemorative production, typically farmed out to private mints operating under license rather than struck at a national facility.