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250 Shillings Queen of Sheba
| Issuer | Somalia |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Weight | 31.1050 g |
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| Reverse description | A draped bust of the Queen of Sheba facing slightly to the right, her flowing hair adorned with a multi-strand bead headdress and a prominent open crown at the apex. Elaborate geometric-patterned triangular earrings frame her face, and a multi-strand beaded collar necklace is visible at the truncation. The legend QUEEN OF SHEBA arcs along the upper periphery, with the date 2002 inscribed at the lower exergue. The design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 2002 |
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Somalia's early 2000s commemorative program was largely driven by foreign minting interests rather than domestic monetary policy — the country had no functioning central government at the time, with the Transitional National Government recognized internationally but controlling little actual territory. These issues were produced primarily for the collector market and never entered circulation in any meaningful sense.
The Queen of Sheba's connection to the Horn of Africa is rooted in Ethiopian and Yemeni tradition, with the Kebra Nagast — the 14th-century Ethiopian national epic — placing her origins squarely in the region Somalia borders.