REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
VISIT OF POPE PAUL VI TO UGANDA - JULY 31st TO AUGUST 2, 1969
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 68 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: NATIONAL ARMS
REV: BUST WITH HAT FACING WITHIN WORLD GLOBE
KM # 16
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 69.12 GRAMS OF .900 FINE GOLD (1.999 OZ AGW)
52 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 1,680 MINTED!