10 Shillings Capricorn - empty leaves

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Reverse description	Central field depicts the mythological sea-goat (Capricorn), shown rearing on its hind legs with prominent curved horns, a goat's forebody, and a fish tail curling to the right, rendered in bold relief against a plain field. Six five-pointed stars flank the central device on each side, arranged in an arc. The legend 'CAPRICORN' curves along the upper border, and the date '2012' appears in the lower field, both flanked by stars.
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Additional information	The self-declared Republic of Somaliland has issued its own coinage since the mid-1990s despite receiving no formal international recognition — the Bank of Somaliland operates independently of the Central Bank of Somalia in Mogadishu. This zodiac series, of which this Capricorn piece is part, was almost certainly struck by a European contract mint for collector distribution rather than domestic circulation; Somaliland's everyday economy runs predominantly on the Somaliland shilling in paper form. The "empty leaves" designation distinguishes this die variant from issues where the decorative foliage elements are filled — a small but catalogued difference that affects collector completeness rather than monetary function.