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25 Shillings Pope Blessing, multicolor
| Issuer | Central Bank of Somalia |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | The Somali national coat of arms occupies the central field, depicting a shield charged with a five-pointed star and supported by two leopards rampant, with crossed palm fronds and a spear in the base. The legend 'SOMALI REPUBLIC' arcs along the upper periphery within a beaded border, while the denomination '25 SHILLINGS' is inscribed in bold relief along the lower arc. The design is rendered in high relief against a smooth field with a continuous beaded rim. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Somalia's Central Bank issued a series of novelty copper-nickel pieces in the early 2000s bearing subjects entirely unrelated to Somali history or culture — papal imagery, wildlife, and international figures among them. These were produced not for domestic circulation but for the international collector market, a revenue strategy adopted by several collapsed or weakened states during this period. Somalia's central government had functionally disintegrated after 1991, and the bank issuing these pieces exercised authority more on paper than in practice.
KM# 162 is part of that broader novelty output. The multicolor application was added after striking, a cold enamel or pad-printing process common to this category of issue.