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5 Shillings

Issuer Bank of Uganda
Year 1977
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Printer Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom
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Obverse description Portrait of President Idi Amin in military uniform occupies the left portion of the note, with his bust facing right; the national arms vignette appears at lower right. The design incorporates fine guilloche underprint patterns framing the central composition.
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Reverse description A central oval vignette rendered in fine intaglio engraving presents a woman harvesting ripe coffee berries from a laden branch amid lush foliage; the denomination numeral "5" appears in guilloche rosettes at both upper corners, flanked by leaping antelope silhouettes at lower left and right. A decorative panel at the foot of the note carries the bilingual value inscription, bordered above and below by ornamental leaf-motif friezes.
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