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50,000 Shillings
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 2010-2022 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The vignette at centre-left presents the Bwindi Impenetrable tropical rainforest, with the National Independence Monument (Stride Monument) in Kampala at right, set against a warm ochre and peach guilloche underprint. The Bank of Uganda title and denomination numeral appear at upper right, with additional inscriptions and fine latent imagery integrated into the multicolour security underprint. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF UGANDA 50000 FIFTY THOUSAND SHILLINGS SHILINGI ELFU HAMSINI 0° Latitude EQUATOR |
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The Bank of Uganda's high-denomination notes have historically tracked the country's inflationary pressures — the 50,000 shilling note, introduced in the 2010 series, represents a face value that would have been unimaginable when Uganda redenominated its currency in 1987, lopping two zeros off the collapsed Milton Obote-era shilling. Thomas De La Rue's involvement here is long-standing; they have printed Ugandan currency through multiple political transitions, from Amin's purges through the NRM consolidation.
Pick 54 spans over a decade of issue dates, suggesting the design saw no major security upgrades compelling enough to retire it within that window.