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25 Shillings Wildlife of Somalia and East Africa
| Issuer | Central Bank of Somalia |
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| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the national coat of arms of Somalia in the central field, featuring a quartered shield bearing horizontal lines and a central five-pointed star, supported on either side by two leopards rampant. Below the shield, crossed palm fronds and a spear are tied with a ribbon. The arms are enclosed within a beaded inner border. The legend REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination 25 SHILLINGS is inscribed along the lower portion, all in raised Latin lettering. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Somalia's 1991 state collapse left the Central Bank effectively non-functional for years. By 1998, the institution existed largely in name, operating out of Mogadishu while factional violence controlled most of the country. Coins issued under its authority during this period were produced abroad — almost certainly in a European or Asian private mint — with negligible connection to any domestic monetary system.
KM#60 belongs to a wildlife-themed series clearly aimed at the collector and novelty market rather than circulation. Such issues were a common revenue mechanism for failed or fragile states throughout the 1990s.