Somalia's wildlife bullion series, produced by the Bavarian State Mint in Munich, has been issued annually since 2016 with rotating animal reverses — making each year's type a discrete collectible rather than a continuous type. The fractional half-gram denomination exists almost entirely as a gift and novelty market product; at this size, premiums over spot dwarf the metal value by a wide margin.
The leopard year drew particular collector interest given the animal's absence from earlier issues in the run.
Somalia's wildlife bullion series, produced by the Bavarian State Mint in Munich, has been issued annually since 2016 with rotating animal reverses — making each year's type a discrete collectible rather than a continuous type. The fractional half-gram denomination exists almost entirely as a gift and novelty market product; at this size, premiums over spot dwarf the metal value by a wide margin.
The leopard year drew particular collector interest given the animal's absence from earlier issues in the run.