REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
VISIT OF POPE PAUL VI TO UGANDA - JULY 31st TO AUGUST 2, 1969
ONE-HUNDRED GOLD SHILLINGS
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 68 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: NATIONAL ARMS WITH SUPPORTERS; DENOMINATION BENEATH.
REV: WITHIN CIRCLE A MAP OF AFRICA WITH HALF BUST OF POPE PAUL VI SUPERIMPOSED WITH HAND RAISED IN BENEDICTION RIGHT; LEGEND OVER MAP "AFRICA WELCOMES POPE PAUL VI"; DATE AT BOTTOM.
KM # 15
THE VENERABLE POPE PAUL VI (REIGNED 1963-1978), BECAME THE FIRST PONTIFF TO SET FOOT ON AFRICAN SOIL. HE WAS ONE OF THE MOST TRAVELLED POPES IN HISTORY, EARNING HIM THE NICKNAME "THE PILGRIM POPE". WHILE ON HIS MISSION TO UGANDA, HE MADE PILGRIMAGE TO THE SANCTUARY OF THE MARTYRS OF UGANDA (THE UGANDA MARTYRS' NATIONAL SHRINE AT NAMUGONGO).
CONTAINS 13.82 GRAMS OF .900 FINE GOLD (.3999 OZ AGW)
29 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 4,190 MINTED!
