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2000 Shillings Elephant
| Issuer | Central Bank of Somalia |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | SOMALI REPUBLIC 20 21 2000 SHILLINGS |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Somalia's elephant bullion series has run since 1999, making it one of the longer-running wildlife bullion programs on the market. The annual design changes have built a following among type collectors, though the issuing authority's relationship to actual monetary policy in Somalia is notional at best — the coins are produced under license and marketed almost entirely to Western bullion buyers.
The 1000g, 100mm format puts this squarely in kilo-coin territory, a category that expanded sharply after the Perth Mint's kilo koala demonstrated commercial viability for the format in the late 1980s.