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25 Shillings Berlin November
| Issuer | Somalia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Value | 25 Shillings (25 Shilin) (25 SOS) |
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| Obverse description | The Somali national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a vertically striped shield bearing a five-pointed star at its centre, supported by two leopards rampant facing inward, surmounted by a mural crown. Below the shield, two crossed palm fronds are tied with a ribbon. The circular legend REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 25 SHILLINGS is inscribed along the lower periphery. The design is framed by a continuous beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA 25 SHILLINGS |
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Somalia's late-1990s commemorative program was largely a commercial venture driven by foreign coin dealers licensing the Somali name through the transitional administrations that loosely controlled the issuing authority — the country had no functioning central bank at the time. This "Berlin November" piece almost certainly references the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, issued a decade after the event as part of a thematic series sold primarily to the collector market rather than circulated domestically.