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10 Shillings Scorpio
| Issuer | Bank of Somaliland |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | • BAANKA SOMALILAND • 10/- TEN SOMALILAND SHILLINGS |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Somaliland declared unilateral independence from Somalia in 1991 but has never received formal international recognition, leaving the Bank of Somaliland to issue currency for a state that technically does not exist under international law. The 2006 shilling series, of which this Scorpio piece forms one part, drew on the Western zodiac rather than any locally significant iconography — an unusual choice that likely reflects commercial appeal to collectors rather than cultural expression.