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5000 Shillings Rhinoceros
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Currency | New shilling (1987-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF UGANDA 20 02 5000 SHILLINGS FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Uganda's wildlife coinage program of the early 2000s was part of a broader trend among African central banks licensing coin production to European minting houses — in this case almost certainly struck by a European contractor rather than on Ugandan soil, as the Bank of Uganda has never operated a functioning mint. The .850 silver fineness is notably below the standard .925 used by most commemorative programs of the period, a cost-reduction choice that occasionally affects long-term surface stability in improperly stored examples.