Somalia's post-civil war coinage of the early 2000s was largely produced for the collector market rather than domestic circulation — the country had no functioning central bank and the Somali shilling in actual use was printed by competing factions and private operators. This piece denominates in shillings at a face value that bore no meaningful relationship to any administered exchange rate.
Somalia's post-civil war coinage of the early 2000s was largely produced for the collector market rather than domestic circulation — the country had no functioning central bank and the Somali shilling in actual use was printed by competing factions and private operators. This piece denominates in shillings at a face value that bore no meaningful relationship to any administered exchange rate.