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1000 Shillings Year of the Sheep
| Issuer | Somaliland |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of Somaliland occupies the central field, depicting a heraldic eagle with a shield on its breast, flanked by a balance scale with two pans, and two clasped hands below, all encircled by a wreath of olive branches. Above the arms, the Basmala is inscribed in Arabic script. The circular legend REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND runs along the upper periphery in Latin characters, while the denomination 1000 SHILLINGS appears to the lower right and the fineness inscription 1 OZ 999 SILVER to the lower left. The date 2015 is prominently placed in the lower exergual area. |
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| Reverse description | Two woolly sheep stand side by side in the central field, rendered in high relief with finely detailed fleece texture, their heads turned slightly outward. Sparse, bare-branched trees rise behind them against the mirror-polished background. A wreath of olive branches frames the composition around the lower and lateral periphery, with the Chinese character 羊 (sheep) positioned at the base within the wreath. The curved legend YEAR OF THE SHEEP arcs along the upper border in Latin capitals. |
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Somaliland's legal status remains unrecognized by any UN member state, making its coinage technically non-circulating by international standards — these are issued primarily for the collector market, with the Somaliland government using bullion and commemorative programs as a modest hard-currency revenue stream. The 2015 lunar sheep issue falls within a series that borrowed directly from the global appetite for Chinese Zodiac silver rounds, a format popularized by the Perth Mint and quickly replicated by smaller issuing authorities throughout the 2000s and 2010s.
KM#110 attribution places it firmly within the documented Pobjoy Mint production pipeline, which handled most Somaliland commemorative output during this period.