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100 Scellini / 100 Somali Shillings
| Issuer | Banca Nazionale Somala |
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| Year | 1966 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio on green, purple, and tan multicolour underprint; an oval guilloche vignette at left encloses traditional craft implements including a mortar and pestle, loom, and hand tools. The issuer name 'BANCA NAZIONALE SOMALA' runs across the top in bold letterpress, with the large intaglio denomination '100 SCELLINI' dominating the centre field. Dual signature lines for 'IL GOVERNATORE' and 'IL PRESIDENTE DEL COLLEGIO DEI REVISORI' appear below, with 'MOGADISCIO' and the date at lower centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | البنك الوطني الصومالي 100 SOMALI SHILLINGS 100 |
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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.