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100 Shillings Bronze Commemorative Issue
| Issuer | Baanka Somaliland |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Size | 135 × 62 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents the main headquarters of Baanka Somaliland in Hargeisa, set within an ornate arched frame with guilloche underprint in multicolour tones. Overprinted in bronze across the face are the commemorative inscriptions marking the 5th Anniversary of Independence, 18 May 1996, rendered in both Somali and English text. Denomination numerals appear in the upper right and lower left corners, with the issuing authority's name in a letterpress panel across the top. |
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| Obverse lettering | BAANKA SOMALILAND 5th Anniversary of Independence 18 May 1996 Sanad Gurada 5ee Gobanimadda 18 May 1996 BOQOL SL SHILIN ONE HUNDRED SOMALILAND SHILLINGS (Translation: Bank of Somaliland 5th Anniversary of Independence 18 May 1996 One Hundred Somaliland Shillings) |
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Somaliland's declaration of independence in 1991 was recognized by no sovereign state, yet the administration in Hargeisa pressed ahead with building the trappings of a functioning republic — currency included. The 1994 shilling series established the framework; this 1996 commemorative expanded it. Issuing paper money that the international banking system would not formally acknowledge was a deliberate political act as much as an economic one.
Pick 12 is catalogued as a "bronze commemorative," an unusual designation for a circulating paper note rather than a struck coin — worth verifying whether examples show any metallic ink treatment or overprint distinguishing them from the standard shilling series.