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10 Shillings Aquarius - empty leaves
| Issuer | Bank of Somaliland |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Diameter | 27.2 mm |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Somaliland displayed centrally in the field, flanked by open decorative leaves. Surrounding the central device, all twelve zodiac symbols are arranged in a ring between two concentric circles. The legend 'BAANKA SOMALILAND' arcs along the upper periphery, with the denomination '10 SHILLINGS' inscribed below the central device. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The "empty leaves" designation distinguishes this from the more common Aquarius issue in the same series, referring to a die variation in which the decorative foliage elements were struck without the finer interior detail — most likely a result of a working die that had not received its full hub transfer. Somaliland's coinage program has always operated at the margins: an unrecognized state issuing currency for a functional but diplomatically invisible economy, with production contracted to foreign mints under circumstances rarely documented in standard references.