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25 Shillings Habitat Preservation
| Issuer | Central Bank of Somalia |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The central field displays the Somali national coat of arms: a heraldic shield bearing horizontal stripes and a central five-pointed star, supported by two leopards rampant facing inward, with crossed palm fronds and a spear beneath. The arms are set within a raised inner circle, flanked by five five-pointed stars evenly distributed around the border. The legend 'REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA' arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin letters, while the date '2002' appears in the lower field below the inner circle. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Somalia in 2002 was operating without a functional central government — the state had collapsed in 1991 and would not reconstitute meaningful federal authority for years. Coins issued under the "Central Bank of Somalia" name during this period were produced by private minting contractors for the international novelty and collector market, not for domestic circulation. No physical central bank was issuing or distributing currency on the ground in Mogadishu.
KM#129 belongs to a wave of Somali-licensed issues from this era targeting thematic collectors, produced almost certainly in China.