Product Description
SCWPM.#6c - TBB.#B106c - Date: ND (1973)Grade: Au/xf - Signature: 4 - Prefix: A/76
Description: Colour: Brown.
Front: President Idi Amin in military cap and uniform; coat of arms.
Back: Three elephants; waterfall; antelope; hippopotamus.
Solid security thread. - Watermark: Crested crane.
Printer: (TDLR). - Size: 135 x 70 mm. - Material: Paper.
General information: 1973 - 1977 Issues
During a military coup on 25 January 1971, army commander Idi Amin Dada seized power from President Apollo Milton Opeto Obote. Among the hundreds of thousands of people killed during Amins 8-year dictatorship was the first governor of the Bank of Uganda, Joseph Mubiru, whose signature appeared on the first Ugandan shilling notes.
Uncirculated notes with signature 4 are available with prefixes punched, reportedly to prevent use if captured by rebels. So-called “war notes” can be easily faked, and as such arent cataloged.
(Source: The Banknotebook)
