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10 Shillings Dog, Empty leaves
| Issuer | Bank of Somaliland |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin, Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The central field features a detailed relief of a seated dog, rendered in a naturalistic style facing right with its head raised, representing the Dog of the Chinese Twelve Zodiac cycle. To the left of the central device, the Chinese character 狗 appears above the Latin inscription DOG. The legend CHINESE TWELVE ZODIAC arcs along the upper periphery, and the date 2012 is inscribed at the base of the field, flanked by two dots, all within a beaded border. |
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Somaliland's shilling coinage occupies an odd corner of numismatics — the territory declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but remains unrecognized by any UN member state, meaning its currency has no legal standing beyond its own borders. The coins circulate domestically by convention rather than international agreement. KM#59 is part of a wildlife series that leaned heavily into collectibility, issued in denominations far below the coins' actual production cost.
The "empty leaves" designation distinguishes this die variety from a companion issue where the reverse foliage carries filled detail — a small but catalogued difference that emerged from the same production run.