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100 Shillings Independence
| Issuer | Banca Nazionale Somala |
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| Year | 1965-1966 |
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| Weight | 14 g |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of President Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, wearing spectacles and a suit with tie, rendered in high relief against a matte field. The circular legend REPUBBICA SOMALIA arcs across the upper periphery in Latin characters, flanked on either side by Arabic inscriptions. The dates 1960 - 1965, commemorating the fifth anniversary of Somali independence, appear in two lines along the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBBICA SOMALIA الجمهورية الصومالية 1960 - 1965 |
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Somalia's independence from the joint British-Italian administered UN Trust Territory came in 1960, but the commemorative gold coinage followed five years later under the Banca Nazionale Somala, which had itself only been established in 1960 to replace the transitional monetary authority. The 1965–1966 dating reflects a two-year striking window rather than separate issues — a single authorized release produced across consecutive years.
At .900 fine and 14 grams, the piece sits just above the weight of a sovereign, a deliberate choice that positioned it competitively within existing gold coin markets of the period.