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100 Shillings Bronze Commemorative Issue
| Issuer | Baanka Somaliland |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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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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| Reverse lettering | BAANKA SOMALILAND BOQOL SL SHILIN ONE HUNDRED SOMALILAND SHILLINGS ١٠٠شن (Translation: Bank of Somaliland 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.