10 Shillings Dog, Empty leaves

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.