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The first Ugandan shilling (UGS) replaced the East African shilling in 1966 at par. Following high inflation, a new shilling (UGX) was introduced in 1987 worth 100 old shillings. The shilling is usually a stable currency and predominates in most financial transactions in Uganda, which has a very efficient foreign exchange market with
20 shillings 1 pound: P22 Blue-black on yellow and orange underprinting, back brown 100 shillings 5 pounds: P23 Blue-black on lilac underprinting, back red-brown 200 shillings 10 pounds: P24 Blue-black on gray-blue underprinting 1000 shillings 50 pounds: P25 Blue-black on light brown underprinting 10,000 shillings 500 pounds: P26 Blue-black on ...
Some countries have not changed their currency despite being post-colonial, for example Uganda retains the Ugandan shilling. Many African countries change their currency's appearance when a new government takes power (often the new head of state will appear on bank notes), though the notional value remains the same.
Commercial banks quoted the shilling at 100.95/101.15 per dollar, the same as last Thursday's close. WEEKAHEAD-AFRICA-FX-Kenyan and Ugandan currencies could weaken Skip to main content
Commercial banks quoted the shilling at 101.00/20 per dollar, compared with 100.80/101.00 at last Thursday's close. WEEKAHEAD-AFRICA-FX-Kenyan and Ugandan currencies expected to be stable Skip to ...
The rupee, being a silver coin, rose in value against sterling. When it reached the value of two shillings, the authorities decided to replace it with the florin. From the florin thence came the East African shilling. The currency remained pegged to one shilling sterling and was subdivided into 100 cents.
Prior to decimalisation in 1971, there were 12 pence (written as 12d) in a shilling (written as 1s or 1/-) and 20 shillings in a pound, written as £1 (occasionally "L" was used instead of the pound sign, £). There were therefore 240 pence in a pound. For example, 2 pounds 14 shillings and 5 pence could have been written as £2 14s 5d or £2/14/5
A convention frequently used in retail pricing was to list prices over one pound all in shillings, rather than in pounds and shillings; for example, £4-18-0 would be written as 98/– (£4.90 in decimal currency). This is still seen in shilling categories of Scottish beer, such as 90/– beer.