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1 Centesimo
| Issuer | Italian Administration of Somaliland |
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| Year | 1950 |
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| Thickness | 1.25 mm |
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| Obverse description | Facing three-quarter portrait of an African elephant's head, rendered in high relief with fine naturalistic detail, occupying the majority of the coin's field. The engraver's signature ROMAGNOLI appears in small lettering to the lower left of the design. The legend SOMALIA is inscribed in bold raised Latin capitals along the lower rim, partially overlaid by the elephant's trunk. |
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| Reverse description | Central raised circle contains the denomination numeral 1 above the word CENTESIMO in two lines. Surrounding the central circle, a star and crescent motif appears at the top of the field, flanked by two crescents. The bilingual peripheral legend reads ROMA and the year 1950 in Latin script on the left and upper right respectively, with the Arabic inscription ضرب في روما سنة ١٣٦٩ (meaning 'minted in Rome, year 1369') running along the lower and right portions of the rim. |
| Reverse script | Latin/Arabic |
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