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20 Shilin Soomaali / Somali Shillings
| Issuer | Bankiga Dhexe ee Soomaaliya / Central Bank of Somalia |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Value | 20 Shilin Soomaali |
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| Reverse lettering | CENTRAL BANK OF SOMALIA البنك المركزي الصومالي صومالية ٢٠ 20 SOMALI SHILLINGS 20 SHILIN SOOMAALI |
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| Protection description | Somali star or geometric pattern visible in the blank oval area on the reverse side. |
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Somalia's banknote printing relationship with China is rarely discussed but well-documented across several series from this period. The Gao Qiao Printing Factory in Beijing produced notes for a number of African states during the late 1970s and 1980s, typically at competitive rates that suited governments operating with constrained hard-currency reserves — Somalia's finances by 1980 were already under severe IMF pressure following the disastrous 1977–78 Ogaden War against Ethiopia.
Pick 27 is part of a short-lived series that would be superseded as inflation began eroding the shilling's purchasing power through the early 1980s. The single watermark security feature reflects the period's modest production specification.