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10 Shillings Mouse, Full leaves
| Issuer | Bank of Somaliland |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Thickness | 1.8 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BAANKA SOMALILAND SHILIN 10 SHILLINGS (Translation: Bank of Somaliland) |
| Reverse description | Central field depicts a finely detailed mouse in profile, rearing on its hind legs with its long tail curling to the right, representing the first animal of the Chinese Twelve Zodiac cycle. The Chinese character '鼠' (rat/mouse) is inscribed above the figure, accompanied by the English legend 'MOUSE' to its right. The peripheral legend 'CHINESE TWELVE ZODIAC' arcs around the upper portion of the coin, and the date '•2012•' is inscribed in the lower exergue, all within a beaded border. |
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Somaliland's wildlife coinage series, produced largely by the Pobjoy Mint, emerged from a territory that declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but has never received formal international recognition. That political limbo has made its coinage a genuine curiosity — legal tender domestically, but with no standing in international exchange, which means these pieces circulate within Somaliland while simultaneously being collected abroad as novelties.
The "Full leaves" designation distinguishes this die variety from a parallel issue with reduced or absent leaf detail on the reverse foliage — a distinction that matters more to variety collectors than the modest mintage figures suggest.