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250 Shillings Pope in red vestments
| Issuer | Somalia |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#131 |
| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the Somali Republic is depicted centrally, featuring a shield charged with a five-pointed star and supported by two leopards rampant, with crossed palm fronds below. The legend 'SOMALI REPUBLIC' arcs along the upper periphery within a beaded border, while the denomination '250 SHILLINGS' is inscribed in the lower field. The design is executed in high relief against a mirror-polished field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Issued the same year Joseph Ratzinger was elected Benedict XVI, this coin almost certainly commemorates John Paul II, who died in April 2005 after a 26-year pontificate — one of the longest in modern history. Somalia had no diplomatic relationship with the Vatican, but was by then a state in name only, its central government having collapsed in 1991. The issuing authority was effectively a licensing operation producing legal tender for the collector market rather than for any functioning Somali economy.