10 Shillings Mouse, Full leaves

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.