Catalogus
| Uitgever | Baanka Somaliland |
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| Jaar | 1996 |
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| Samenstelling | Cotton paper |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Central vignette presents the main headquarters building of Baanka Somaliland in Hargeisa, framed within an arch-shaped border with fine guilloche underprint in rose and green tones. Denomination numerals appear in all four corners, with Arabic script at left and right flanks, and the bank title in bold letterpress along the top margin. A commemorative overprint in red marks the 5th Anniversary of Independence, dated 18 May 1996, applied diagonally across the face. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | BAANKA SOMALILAND BOQOL SL SHILIN ONE HUNDRED SOMALILAND SHILLINGS ١٠٠ شن Sanad Gurada 5ee Gobanimadda 18 May 1996 (Translation: Bank of Somaliland One Hundred Somaliland Shillings. 5th Anniversary of Independence 18 May 1996) |
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| Opmerkingen |
Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991, but no UN member state has formally recognized it — a political limbo that makes every note it has issued technically the currency of an unrecognized republic. The 1996 series, of which this is part, was a deliberate assertion of administrative normalcy: a functioning central bank issuing dated, denominated paper in a territory still rebuilding from the destruction of the civil war.
The "Silver Commemorative" designation in the series name is something of a misnomer — this is a circulating paper note, not a numismatic silver strike. Whether the label refers to a founding anniversary is not firmly established in the literature.