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10 Shillings 10th Anniversary of Republic
| Issuer | Banca Nazionale Somala |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse lettering | JAMHUURIYADDA DIMOQRAADIGA SOOMALIYA / جمهورية الصومال الديمقراطية / 1969-1979 / SANNAD GUURADII 10AAD EE KACAANKA / الذكرى العاشرة للثورة |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Arabic |
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Somalia declared a republic in 1960 following the merger of the former Italian Trust Territory and British Somaliland. By 1969, Siad Barre's coup had replaced the civilian government with a military socialist regime, meaning this tenth-anniversary issue — struck under the Banca Nazionale Somala — commemorates a republic that had already spent nearly half its existence under the Supreme Revolutionary Council.
The .925 silver version, catalogued as KM#32a, was struck alongside a base metal counterpart, the standard pattern for Somali commemoratives of this period aimed at the international collector market rather than domestic circulation.