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20 Shilin Soomaali / Somali Shillings
| Issuer | Bankiga Dhexe ee Soomaaliya / Central Bank of Somalia |
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| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANKIGA DHEXE EE SOOMAALIYA SHILIN SOOMALI 20 SHILLINGS 20 SHILIN GUDDOOMIYAHA LACAGTAYADA MUQDISHO 1980 |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a central vignette of a herd of longhorn cattle being driven along a dusty path through a canopy of trees, executed in detailed intaglio engraving in brown tones. A large circular watermark void is positioned to the left of centre, flanked by ornate guilloche rosette underprints in the corners. Bilingual inscriptions in Arabic and Somali appear at upper left and lower right, with the English bank title across the top. |
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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Pick 27 is part of a short-lived series that would be superseded as inflation began eroding the shilling's purchasing power through the early 1980s.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.