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10 Shillings Capricorn
| Issuer | Bank of Somaliland |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Thickness | 1.50 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | CAPRICORN ♑ 2006 |
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Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but has never received formal international recognition, leaving the Bank of Somaliland to operate as a functioning central bank for a state that does not officially exist in international law. The shilling series issued in the mid-2000s was a practical assertion of administrative normalcy — the territory was running courts, issuing passports, and collecting taxes regardless of what the UN recognized.
KM#18 is part of a zodiac-themed circulation series, an unusual choice for a predominantly Muslim population and one that generated some local criticism at the time of issue.