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1 Scellino
| Issuer | Somali Republic |
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| Year | 1967 |
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| Weight | 7.3 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the Somali national coat of arms at centre, featuring a vertically striped heraldic shield charged with a five-pointed star, supported by two leopards rampant facing inward, and surmounted by a mural crown. The legend 'SOMALI REPUBLIC' arcs along the upper periphery in Latin characters, flanked on either side by the date '1967' in both Western Arabic (left) and Eastern Arabic numerals (right). The Arabic legend 'الجمهورية الصومالية' (Somali Republic) curves along the lower field, with a decorative ribbon below the supporters. |
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| Obverse script | Latin, Arabic |
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Somalia gained independence in 1960 through the union of the former Italian Trust Territory of Somalia and British Somaliland, and this 1967 issue belongs to the Republic's first decimal coinage series — one of the few tangible institutional projects completed before the military coup of October 1969 that brought Siad Barre to power and abruptly ended the civilian government. Coins of this type saw only about two years of legitimate republican circulation before the political order that authorized them ceased to exist.