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250 Shillings Nelson Mandela
| Issuer | Somalia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A facing bust portrait of Nelson Mandela, depicted in suit and tie, occupies the central field of the reverse. The legend NELSON MANDELA arcs along the upper periphery within a beaded inner border. The series inscription MILLENNIUM ICONS curves along the lower field, with the date 2000 appearing in the exergue below the portrait. The portrait is rendered in a naturalistic relief style consistent with commemorative medallic coinage. |
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Somalia's central authority had largely collapsed by 2000, and what remained of the transitional government was issuing commemorative coinage with virtually no connection to domestic circulation — these pieces were produced explicitly for the international collector market, minted under licensing arrangements with private European firms. Mandela's appearance on a Somali coin is geographically arbitrary; his 1999 retirement from the South African presidency made him a commercially viable subject for exactly this kind of opportunistic issue.