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2000 Shillings Yungang Grottoes
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Diameter | 38.5 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a detailed depiction of the Yungang Grottoes of Shanxi Province, China, dominated by a large colossal Buddha figure carved into a rocky cliff face occupying the left and central field, rendered with flowing robes and serene facial features characteristic of Northern Wei dynasty Buddhist art. A smaller standing Buddha figure and additional rock-cut relief carvings are visible to the right in the middle ground, conveying the monumental scale of the site. The inscription YUNGANG GROTTOES appears in the upper right field, while the series title WONDERS OF THE WORLD arcs along the upper periphery, and the date 1996 is positioned in the lower exergue against a frosted background. |
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Uganda's 1996 commemorative program produced several issues under foreign licensing arrangements common to the era, where mint contractors — typically in Europe — would approach small central banks with ready-made designs in exchange for issuing authority. The Yungang Grottoes, carved into sandstone cliffs in Shanxi Province during the Northern Wei dynasty beginning around 460 AD, had no particular connection to Uganda. The Bank of Uganda was simply lending its name to a coin aimed squarely at the international collector market.
KM#127 is one of several such issues from Uganda during this period, all sharing the same technical specification — a deliberate match to the one-troy-ounce silver format favored by thematic collector series worldwide.