10 Shillings Gemini - empty leaves

Somaliland's zodiac series, issued across multiple years from the early 2000s, was produced for the international collector market rather than domestic circulation — Somaliland's self-declared independence from Somalia in 1991 has never received formal international recognition, giving its coinage an unusual legal ambiguity. The "empty leaves" variant of the Gemini type is a die variation distinguished by the absence of filled detail in the wreath elements, a production inconsistency rather than an intentional design change.