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COINS COULD REPLACE BANK NOTES

The economically challenged Bank of Uganda, the central bank for that African nation, is considering eliminating its 1,000-shilling bank note and replacing the nation’s lowest denomination bank notes with coins.

No decision had been made at the time this article was being written, however central banker comments appeared to make the decision a done deal while Uganda was still in the process of conducting a

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