Uganda 1969 1000 shillings
This specimen was lot 31196 in Heritage auction 3096 (Dallas, TX, March 2021), where it sold for $7,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "Uganda: Republic gold Proof "Pope Paul VI Visit" 1000 Shillings 1969 PR67 Ultra Cameo NGC. Mintage: 1,390, split between 1969 and 1970. #157. A spectacular Proof specimen of this large issue, imbued with brilliant surfaces, and struck to celebrate the visit of Pope Paul VI to the capital city of Uganda, Kampala. From the Paramount Collection." To honor the first visit of a pope to Africa, the regime issued NCLT's in the denominations of five, ten, twenty, twenty-five, thirty, fifty, one hundred, five hundred and one thousand shillings. Soon after, Uganda descended into the nightmare of Idi Amin's misrule.
Recorded mintage: 1,390 for 1969-70.
Specification: 138.24 g, 0.900 fine gold, 4 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM 17, Fr-1.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, The Paramount Collection World & Ancient Coins: Signature Auction 3096, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2021.
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