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[[Image:SB1123-74905o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers November 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74905]] | [[Image:SB1123-74905o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers November 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74905]] | ||
[[Image:SB1123-74905r.jpg|300px|thumb]] | [[Image:SB1123-74905r.jpg|300px|thumb]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Uganda 1987 10 shillings obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Uganda 1987 10 shillings rev DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb]] | ||
| − | + | The first specimen was lot 74905 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $80. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Uganda|UGANDA]]. 10 Shillings, 1987. PCGS SPECIMEN-68. Near-Perfect in terms of appeal and manufacture, this example displays with a satin like luster. From the Kings Norton Mint Collection." Like many impoverished African countries, Ugandan circulation coinage is scanty. The local elites find paper currency cheaper to produce and easier to manipulate. This is a one year type. As of December 2023, US$1 = 3,756 shillings. | |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but common. Proofs exist. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but common. Proofs exist. | ||
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* [[Uganda 1981 500 shillings|1981 500 shillings]] | * [[Uganda 1981 500 shillings|1981 500 shillings]] | ||
* [[Uganda 1981 5000 shillings]] | * [[Uganda 1981 5000 shillings]] | ||
| + | * [[Uganda 1987 shilling|1987 shilling]] | ||
| + | * [[Uganda 1987 2 shillings|1987 2 shillings]] | ||
| + | * [[Uganda 1987 5 shillings|1987 5 shillings]] | ||
| + | * [[Uganda 1993 10000 shillings KM-37|1993 10,000 shillings, white rhinoceros]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1987]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1987]] | ||
| − | [[Category: Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 Collector's Choice sale]] | + | [[Category: Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2023 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]] |
Latest revision as of 15:12, 11 July 2025
The first specimen was lot 74905 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "UGANDA. 10 Shillings, 1987. PCGS SPECIMEN-68. Near-Perfect in terms of appeal and manufacture, this example displays with a satin like luster. From the Kings Norton Mint Collection." Like many impoverished African countries, Ugandan circulation coinage is scanty. The local elites find paper currency cheaper to produce and easier to manipulate. This is a one year type. As of December 2023, US$1 = 3,756 shillings.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common. Proofs exist.
Specification: 5.80 g, nickel-plated steel, 25.91 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-10.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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