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10 Somali
| Issuer | Cassa per la Circolazione Monetaria della Somalia |
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| Year | 1950 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green intaglio print on a pale green underprint. Central guilloche panel flanked by ornamental vignettes of decorative urns and foliage on both sides. The issuer's name CASSA PER LA CIRCOLAZIONE MONETARIA DELLA SOMALIA is inscribed across the top, with the denomination 10 SOMALI in both Latin and Arabic script. |
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| Reverse lettering | SOMALIS 10 1950 ROMA روما ١٣٦٩ |
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The Cassa per la Circolazione Monetaria della Somalia was a currency authority established by Italy specifically to manage the monetary affairs of the Trust Territory of Somalia, administered by Italy under a UN mandate from 1950. The Somalo was introduced that year as a direct replacement for the East African shilling, and this note is among the earliest issues from that transitional moment — the mandate itself ran only a decade, until Somali independence in 1960.
Three signature combinations are documented for P#13, suggesting the series ran long enough to survive at least two changes in senior administration at the Cassa. Officina Carte Valori, the Rome security printer, handled the entire output.