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Uganda banknotes
Uganda paper money catalog and Ugandan currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • Indian currency, till 1905
  • British East Africa Rupee = (Indian Rupee) = 100 Cents, till 1920
  • British East Africa Florin = (Rupee) = 100 Cents, 1920-1921
  • British East Africa Shilling = (1/2 Florin) = 100 Cents, 1921-1966
  • Uganda Shilling = (East Africa Shilling) = 100 Cents, 1966-1987
  • Uganda Shilling = (100 old Shilling) = 100 Cents, from 1987

• For earlier issues see:
  • East Africa, British Colony till 1962

• To purchase Ugandan banknotes, please check our inventory :
  World banknotes countries A-Z

Pick #	Date
		Republic (British Colony till 1962; part of British East Africa)
1-5	(1966)	5, 10, 20, 100, 100 shillings
5A-9	(1973)	5, 10, 20, 50, 100 shillings
10-14	(1979)	5, 10, 20, 50, 100 shillings
15-19	(1982)	5, 10, 20, 50, 100 shillings
20-23	(1983)	50, 100, 500, 1.000 shillings
24-26	1986	500, 1.000, 5.000 shillings
27-32	1987-	5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 shillings
33-34	1991	500, 1.000 shillings
35-38	1993-8	500, 1.000, 5.000, 10.000 shillings
39-42	1999-2002	1.000, 1.000, 5.000, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000 shillings
43-47	2003-7	1.000, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000, 50.000 shillings
48	2007	50.000 shillings; commemorative "Commonwealth Meeting"
49-54	2010-	1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000, 50.000 shillings