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25 Shillings Caravel Explorer Nina

Issuer Somalia
Year 1998
Type Non-circulating coin
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Obverse script Latin
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Edge Plain
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Additional information

Somalia's 1990s commemorative program was a straightforward revenue exercise — the country had no functioning central government following the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991, yet coins continued to be contracted through foreign mints and sold directly into the collector market. This piece has no connection to domestic circulation.

The Niña was the smallest of Columbus's three 1492 vessels, a caravel of roughly 60 tons, and survived two Atlantic crossings — the second in 1493 as part of the return expedition.

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