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100 Scellini / 100 Somali Shillings
| Issuer | Banca Nazionale Somala |
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| Year | 1966 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Reverse description | Blue and pink intaglio on a light multicolour underprint; a large ornate guilloche roundel occupies the left portion of the field, while a detailed vignette of the National Assembly building in Mogadishu fills the centre-right in pink-rose tones against a fine latticework background. The composition is framed by decorative scrollwork borders on all sides, with the Arabic issuer name and denomination inscribed across the upper register. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Banca Nazionale Somala was established in 1960 following the merger of the former Trust Territory of Somalia with British Somaliland, and this 1966 series represented one of its earliest consolidated currency issues under a unified national framework. Thomas De La Rue handled production throughout the bank's formative years, a relationship typical of newly independent African states that lacked domestic printing infrastructure.
Pick 8 is notably scarcer in higher circulated grades than catalog frequency might suggest — Somalia's banking infrastructure outside Mogadishu was thin, and notes in provincial use absorbed considerable wear quickly.