Catalog
10 Shillings Aries, Full leaves
| Issuer | Bank of Somaliland |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Currency | Shilling (1994-date) |
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| Reverse description | A detailed rendering of a ram, the symbol of the zodiac sign Aries, stands in profile facing left, with prominent curled horns and full body detail filling the central field. Twelve small five-pointed stars are evenly distributed around the inner border, framing the central device. The legend ARIES is inscribed in bold letters across the upper field, flanked on each side by a series of six stars, while the date 2012 appears in the lower exergual area. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 following the collapse of the Siad Barre regime, but remains unrecognized by any United Nations member state. That political limbo hasn't stopped the Bank of Somaliland from issuing a functioning domestic coinage — these pieces circulate as genuine currency within the territory's borders, accepted by a population of roughly 5.7 million people operating outside the international monetary system entirely.
The zodiac series to which this piece belongs was issued across multiple denominations. The "full leaves" distinction separates this die variety from a sparser foliage rendering on otherwise identical strikes.