10 Shillings Ox, Full leaves

Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 following the collapse of the Siad Barre regime, but remains unrecognized by any United Nations member state. That political limbo has never stopped it from issuing its own currency — the shilling has circulated domestically since 1994, administered entirely by the Bank of Somaliland without international monetary backing. The "Full leaves" designation distinguishes this die variety from earlier issues where the foliage detail was less completely rendered, a distinction that matters more to variety collectors than the coins' modest face value ever did to those spending them.