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10 Shillings
| Issuer | Baanka Somaliland |
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| Year | 1994-1996 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Goodirka building in Hargeisa — formerly the House of Representatives at the time of Somaliland's declaration of independence and now the main headquarters of the Supreme Court of Somaliland — flanked by a kudu antelope. Bilingual inscriptions in Somali and Arabic appear above and below the central design, with the denomination rendered in both Western and Arabic-Indic numerals. |
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| Reverse description | A camel caravan vignette occupies the centre, with two nomadic figures leading three camels across an arid landscape. The Naasa Hablood twin hills — known locally as 'Girl's Breast' — rise in the background near Hargeisa, rendered in a pastoral engraving style with the denomination and bank inscriptions in Somali and Arabic script. |
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Baanka Somaliland — not to be confused with the Somali National Bank or the Central Bank of Somalia — began issuing its own currency following Somaliland's unilateral declaration of independence in 1991, a political status still unrecognized by any UN member state. These early notes were produced while the region was rebuilding basic administrative infrastructure after the civil war's destruction of Hargeisa, and the printing arrangements for this series remain poorly documented in the specialist literature.
The shilling replaced the Somali shilling locally at par, a largely symbolic act given how thoroughly the old currency had collapsed.