Product Description
SCWPM.#7c - TBB.#B107c - Date: ND (1973)Signature: 4 - Prefix: B
Description: Colour: Purple and brown.
Front: English and Swahili text; President Idi Amin in military cap and uniform; coat of arms.
Back: English and Swahili text; Bank of Uganda building in Kampala.
Solid security thread. - Watermark: Crested crane.
Printer: Unknown. - Size: 140 x 73 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.
