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10 Shillings Ox, Empty leaves
| Issuer | Bank of Somaliland |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#76 |
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| Reverse description | The brass centre depicts a left-facing ox (Bos taurus) in relief, with the Chinese character '牛' (bull/ox) and the romanised inscription 'OX' displayed above and below the animal respectively. The copper-nickel outer ring carries the legend 'CHINESE TWELVE ZODIAC' arching along the upper portion, while the date '2012' appears at the base of the ring, flanked by raised dot spacers on either side. |
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| Mintage | 2012 |
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Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but remains unrecognized by any United Nations member state, making the Bank of Somaliland a monetary authority with no international standing. That ambiguity hasn't stopped it from issuing a steady series of bimetallic coins throughout the 2000s and 2010s, many featuring wildlife — a deliberate choice to attract collector interest in a market where Somaliland has no diplomatic leverage but can still sell novelty.
KM#76 belongs to a subset of the series where the reverse carries empty leaf sprays rather than a filled decorative field, a minor die distinction that separates it from otherwise near-identical pieces in the sequence.