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25 Shillings Emperor Hirohito
| Issuer | Central Bank of Somalia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the national arms of Somalia at centre, consisting of a heraldic shield bearing horizontal lines and a central five-pointed star, supported by two leopards rampant facing inward, with crossed palm fronds and a ribbon below. The legend REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 25 SHILLINGS is inscribed in two lines at the lower field. The design is contained within a finely beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Somalia's Central Bank issued this piece as part of a foreign-market collector series — coins with no domestic circulation intent, produced by private minting contractors and sold directly into the numismatic trade. Hirohito's appearance on a Somali coin reflects nothing more than commercial calculation: Japanese imperial imagery sold reliably to collectors in the late 1990s novelty market. By 2000, Somalia had no functioning central government, making the issuing authority's name largely nominal.