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20 Shillings Seal
| Issuer | Somalia |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Weight | 0.283 g |
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| Obverse description | The Somali coat of arms is depicted at the centre of the field, flanked by the date on either side. The legend SOMALI REPUBLIC arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 20 SHILLINGS is inscribed along the lower periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | POLAR LIFE .9999 FINEST GOLD 1/100 OZ |
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Somalia's animal coin program has issued dozens of bullion types since the 2010s, but the rhodium plating on this piece is the functional detail worth noting. Rhodium — a platinum-group metal and the most expensive by weight in commercial use — is applied selectively here, creating contrast between plated and bare gold surfaces. At 0.283 g total, the gold content is fractional enough that the rhodium application represents a non-trivial portion of the finished coin's production cost.