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10 Shilin / 10 Shillings
| Issuer | Central Bank of Somalia |
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| Year | 1983-1987 |
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| Currency | Shilling (1962-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANKIGA DHEXE EE SOOMAALIYA 10 SHILIN SOOMAALI GUDDOOMIYAHA LACAGHAYAHA XEER MJDS 30KII DISEMBER 1982 LR 67 MUQDISHO (Translation: Central Bank of Somalia, 10 Somali Shillings, Chairman, Cashier, Law MJDS 30th December 1982 LR 67, Mogadishu) |
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| Variants | P#32a - 1983 P#32b - 1986 P#32c - 1987 |
| Comments |
Somalia's shilin replaced the Somali shilling at par in 1962, but by the early 1980s the currency was under serious strain — state finances were badly damaged by the 1977–78 Ogaden War with Ethiopia, and the economy never fully recovered. The Central Bank was by this period operating under significant political constraints imposed by Siad Barre's government, with note issuance decisions tied closely to military and patronage expenditure rather than monetary policy in any conventional sense.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement gave the series a degree of technical consistency the bank could not have managed domestically. The watermark remains the only security feature on these notes — modest protection for a denomination that was rapidly losing purchasing power across the issue period.