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10 Shillings Rabbit, Empty leaves
| Issuer | Bank of Somaliland |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | BAANKA SOMALILAND SHILIN 10 SHILLINGS (Translation: Bank of Somaliland) |
| Reverse description | Central brass insert depicting a naturalistically rendered rabbit in profile facing right, occupying the lower portion of the insert. Above the rabbit, the Chinese character "兔" (Rabbit) appears in the upper field, with the word "RABBIT" inscribed horizontally across the mid-section. The copper-nickel ring bears the legend "CHINESE TWELVE ZODIAC" around the upper arc, with the date "•2012•" positioned at the base, all framed by fine dotted borders on the inner and outer edges of the ring. |
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Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but remains unrecognized by any UN member state, making its currency a legal curiosity — accepted domestically but invisible in international exchange. The Bank of Somaliland has used its coinage program partly as a revenue-generating exercise, producing colorful and thematically unusual pieces aimed squarely at the collector market rather than circulation. This issue belongs to a series featuring animals of the Chinese lunar calendar — a peculiar choice for a predominantly Muslim Horn of Africa territory with no cultural connection to that tradition.