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10 Shillings Libra - empty leaves
| Issuer | Bank of Somaliland |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 10 Shillings (10 SLS) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a stylized human figure striding to the left, holding a set of scales in the outstretched left hand, representing the zodiac sign Libra. Twelve five-pointed stars are arranged in a ring around the central motif. The legend LIBRA arcs along the upper periphery, while the date 2012, flanked by two stars, appears in the lower field, all rendered in raised Latin lettering. |
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Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but has never received formal recognition from any United Nations member state. Its currency, the Somaliland shilling, exists in a kind of monetary limbo — issued by a functioning central bank, accepted domestically, yet unacknowledged internationally. This 2012 issue belongs to a series featuring the Chinese Lunar Calendar, an unusual choice for a predominantly Muslim Horn of Africa territory, almost certainly driven by export appeal to the collector market rather than domestic circulation intent.
The "empty leaves" designation distinguishes this from the standard struck version — a blank or incomplete die state rather than a design variant.