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10 Shillings Ox, Full leaves
| Issuer | Bank of Somaliland |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The brass central disc features a finely detailed left-facing ox rendered in high relief, depicted standing in full profile with its head lowered. Above the animal, in the upper field of the centre, appears the Chinese character '牛' (ox) accompanied by the Latin inscription 'OX'. The copper-nickel outer ring bears the legend 'CHINESE TWELVE ZODIAC' along the upper arc, with the date '2012' inscribed along the lower arc flanked by pellet stops. A continuous beaded border frames both the inner and outer edges of the ring. |
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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 its coinage a curious legal phenomenon — technically domestic currency, invisible to international monetary law. The Bank of Somaliland has issued coins largely for practical internal circulation rather than collector sales, which distinguishes this series from the novelty wildlife coinages produced by many unrecognized or small-island issuers.
KM#88 belongs to a ox-themed circulation series; the "full leaves" designation distinguishes a die variety by the completeness of foliage detail on the reverse flora, a distinction that matters more to specialists than the modest face value ever did to anyone spending one.