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500 Shillings (Pearl Of Africa)
Name:
500 Shillings (Pearl of Africa)
Catalog Code: km23
Country: Uganda
Series: 1966~Today - Numismatic Products
Theme: Animals (Fauna), Elephants, Heads of State, Mammals, Politicians
Issue on: 1981
Last Issue: 1981
Distribution: Numismatic Product
Composition: Silver
Composition details: 500/1000 Silver 2.1862 oz. ASW, 500/1000 metal alloys
Face value: 500
Catalog Code: km23
Country: Uganda
Series: 1966~Today - Numismatic Products
Theme: Animals (Fauna), Elephants, Heads of State, Mammals, Politicians
Issue on: 1981
Last Issue: 1981
Distribution: Numismatic Product
Composition: Silver
Composition details: 500/1000 Silver 2.1862 oz. ASW, 500/1000 metal alloys
Face value: 500
Currency:
Sh - Ugandan shilling
Diameter (millimeters): 62.50
Thickness (millimeters): 2.00
Weight (grams): 136.00
Edge: Reeded/grained
Mintage: 700
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑O↑
Rim: Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
Shape: Circular
Subject: Pearl of Africa
Description: Front: Two African elephants (left, Loxodonta africana)
in front of landscape
legend: (top, state name) UGANDA
(upper/lower-left/right, spacers/dots) •
(left/right, value) 500 SHILLINGS
(below, subject) PEARL OF AFRICA.
Back: Bust second President Milton Obote (front)
First term: 15 April 1966 – 25 January 1971
Second term: 17 December 1980 – 27 July 1985
* 28 December 1925, Apac District, Uganda
⚭ (XI.1963) Miria Kalule Obote (1936-, 5 children)
† kidney failure, 10 October 2005 (aged 79) Johannesburg, South Africa
buried: (State funeral)
legend: (above, name) DR. MILTON OBOTE
(low-right, year) 1981
Edge: G - grained, type: bars
Formerly known as: y12
Diameter (millimeters): 62.50
Thickness (millimeters): 2.00
Weight (grams): 136.00
Edge: Reeded/grained
Mintage: 700
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑O↑
Rim: Raised. Not decorated. Both sides
Shape: Circular
Subject: Pearl of Africa
Description: Front: Two African elephants (left, Loxodonta africana)
in front of landscape
legend: (top, state name) UGANDA
(upper/lower-left/right, spacers/dots) •
(left/right, value) 500 SHILLINGS
(below, subject) PEARL OF AFRICA.
Back: Bust second President Milton Obote (front)
First term: 15 April 1966 – 25 January 1971
Second term: 17 December 1980 – 27 July 1985
* 28 December 1925, Apac District, Uganda
⚭ (XI.1963) Miria Kalule Obote (1936-, 5 children)
† kidney failure, 10 October 2005 (aged 79) Johannesburg, South Africa
buried: (State funeral)
legend: (above, name) DR. MILTON OBOTE
(low-right, year) 1981
Edge: G - grained, type: bars
Formerly known as: y12
