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10 Shilin / 10 Shillings
| Issuer | Central Bank of Somalia |
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| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The left portion of the note carries the Somali national coat of arms within an elaborate guilloche medallion, set against a dark fine-line underprint with foliate motifs. At centre, an intaglio vignette presents the Fakr ad-Din mosque minaret in Mogadishu surrounded by vegetation and a stairway; above it, the large numeral '10' is printed over a rosette guilloche in red and orange. Two signature panels labelled 'GUDDOOMIYAHA' and 'LACAGHAYAHA' appear at the lower centre, with the date inscription 'MUQDISHO 1980' beneath. Decorative basket-weave panels border the right margin, with denomination numerals in each corner. |
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| Reverse lettering | البنك المركزي الصومالي CENTRAL BANK OF SOMALIA 10 SOMALI SHILLINGS 10 SHILIN SOOMAALI جلنا صوماليا |
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Somalia's 1980 note series came out during the Siad Barre government's awkward pivot away from Soviet alignment toward the United States — a shift accelerated by the costly Ogaden War defeat of 1978, which gutted both the military and the national finances. Thomas De La Rue had handled Somali printing from the earliest post-independence issues, and their involvement here reflects the continued Western tilt in official procurement even as the domestic economy was under serious strain.
P#26 is a short-lived type within the series; later shilin issues from the mid-1980s onward show increasingly compromised print quality as the state collapsed toward civil war.