250 Shillings Ostrich

Somalia's mid-1990s coinage was produced under conditions of near-total state collapse — the central government had ceased to function in 1991, and coins issued under the Somali name during this period were largely commercial products aimed at the collector market rather than instruments of any functioning treasury. The 1998 trimetallic issues, including this piece, were almost certainly struck by a European mint on contract.

KM#49a distinguishes the trimetallic version from the bimetallic KM#49, both sharing the ostrich design but differing in the addition of the brass outer ring.