Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Shilling Gazelle
| Issuer | Republic of Somaliland |
|---|---|
| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Shilling (1 SLS) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The national emblem of Somaliland occupies the central field, depicting a shield supported by two hands in a handshake, surmounted by a balance scale and flanked by laurel branches. The emblem is rendered in relief with fine detail. A bilingual legend surrounds the design, with the Arabic inscription reading جمهورية أرض الصومال and the Islamic year ١٤٤٠ appearing along the upper arc, while the Latin legend REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND and the Gregorian year 2019 run along the lower periphery. A beaded border encircles the entire design. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A gazelle is depicted in a prancing pose at center, shown in left profile with head turned slightly forward, rendered with naturalistic detail including curved horns and slender legs. The animal stands prominently in the open field against a plain background. The denomination 1 SHILLING appears in two lines in the lower right portion of the field. A beaded border encircles the entire design. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but remains unrecognized by any UN member state, making its coinage a legal curiosity — functional domestically, invisible internationally. These aluminium shillings circulate alongside the Somaliland shilling banknotes issued by the Bank of Somaliland, in an economy where mobile money platforms like Zaad have largely displaced physical small change altogether.