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10 Shillings Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs
| Issuer | Bank of Uganda |
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| Year | 1969-1970 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a bold frontal view of the conical modern Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs at Namugongo, rendered in fine relief with its distinctive ribbed, tent-like roof rising steeply from a broad base. Flanking the basilica in the field are stylized trees. The legend BANK OF UGANDA arcs along the upper periphery in large raised letters. Within the lower portion of a raised inner circle, the inscriptions UGANDA MARTYRS' SHRINE and NAMUGONGO appear on two lines, with the date 1969 at the very bottom of the field, flanked by two small olive or laurel sprigs. A beaded border frames the design. |
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The Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs at Namugongo was consecrated in 1975 — after these coins were struck — built on the execution site where Kabaka Mwanga II ordered the killing of 22 Catholic and Anglican converts between 1885 and 1887. The coins preceded the basilica's completion by several years, issued in anticipation of the growing pilgrimage site's significance.
Uganda's early commemorative program was closely tied to the canonization of the 22 Catholic martyrs by Pope Paul VI in October 1964, the first sub-Saharan African saints of the modern Catholic Church.