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250 Shillings Golden Retriever
| Issuer | Somalia |
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| Year | 2006 |
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| Value | 250 Shillings (250 Shilin) |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Chinese |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Somalia's 250 Shillings animal series from this period was produced not by the Somali government in any functional sense — the state had effectively collapsed in 1991 — but by private minting interests operating under licensing arrangements with the internationally recognized Transitional Federal Government, which itself controlled almost no territory. The coins were legal tender in name only, destined entirely for the collector market, primarily in Europe and Asia.
KM#149 is one of several wildlife-themed strikes from this arrangement, a practice that generated hard currency revenue for a government-in-exile with few other options.