{{Uganda’s Shs50,000 note has been named among the nine most beautiful currences in the world.}}
According to the International Bank Note Society (IBNS) ratings, the note’s distinctly rich and well-design features, make it the third most beautiful currency in the world.
“Uganda’s 50,000-shilling note is a finely worked piece of currency with design features such as the watermark of the head of a crested crane, an outline of a map of Uganda (highlighting the equator), the profile of man wearing Karimojong head dress, patterns based on indigenous basket work and, at the far right on the back, the Independence Monument…” reads the IBNS statement.
The statement also took notice of beautifully wrought silver-back mountain gorillas on the back of the note that scooped the 2012 banknote of the year award.
The IBNS is a nonprofit educational organization that has been around for over half a century. Its objectives are to promote, stimulate and advance the study, collection and dissemination of information related to paper money.
The award emanates from a competitive process that involves different countries from the four continents, ranged from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East to North, South and Central America.
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