250 Shillings Berlin

Somalia's 1989 coinage was produced under the government of Siad Barre, whose regime was entering its terminal phase — the civil war that would collapse the state entirely by 1991 was already accelerating. The Berlin issue belongs to a set of trimetallic pieces commemorating world capitals, a format the Central Bank used to generate hard currency through collector sales rather than domestic circulation. Most never saw a Somali market.

KM# 70 is among the scarcer pieces in the capitals series, with collector demand having been limited from the outset by the country's political instability in the years immediately following issue.