Uganda shilling

Uganda shilling
Country:	Uganda
Subdivision:	100 cents
ISO 4217 code :	UGX
Abbreviation:	Ush, U.Sh., UGS
Exchange rate : (29 Mar 2020)	1  EUR  = 4,268.5 UGX 1,000 UGX = 0.23427 EUR 1  CHF  = 3,970.7 UGX 1,000 UGX = 0.25184 CHF

The Uganda shilling (internationally also Uganda shilling ) is the currency of Uganda .

It replaced the East African shilling as the national currency in 1967 . Until 1975 it was pegged to the US dollar . In 1986 a new Uganda shilling was introduced, which could be exchanged for a value of 100 old shillings.

Banknotes are issued for 1000, 2000, 5000, 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000 UGS, coins are available for 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 UGS.

In practice, in addition to the shilling, the US dollar and the British pound are also used.

Banknotes

2013–2017 series
Illustration		value	Size in millimeters	colour	description
front	back				front	back	Watermark
		1000	130 × 64	brown	Stone structure, forest in the background	antelope	Crowned crane (heraldic animal of Uganda), nominal
		2000	135 × 66	blue	John Hanning Speke - Memorial and source of the Nile in Jinja	Nile Perch (Tilapia)
		5000	139 × 68	green	Memorial to the victims of World War II in Kampala	Weaver bird building a nest
		10,000	142 × 70	violet	Independence Monument in Kampala	Banana tree
		20,000	146 × 72	red	100 year monument Kampala	Ankolerind
		50,000	151 × 73	yellow	Commonwealth Monument in Kampala	Mountain gorilla

Web links

• Images of all banknotes since 1966 , accessed February 11, 2016