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250 Shillings Queen Victoria
| Issuer | Republic of Somalia |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Weight | 23 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the Somali national coat of arms at center, featuring a quartered shield bearing a five-pointed star, supported on either side by a leopard rampant. Below the shield, a decorative ribbon banner is flanked by crossed palm fronds. The circular legend 'REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA' arcs along the upper periphery, while '250 SHILLINGS' is inscribed along the lower border, with the date '2001' positioned in the exergue. A beaded border runs along the coin's rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Somalia's turn-of-millennium commemorative program was prolific and commercially driven — most issues were produced for the international collector market rather than domestic circulation, and the country itself had no functioning central government at the time of striking. The Transitional National Government, nominally established in August 2000, lacked control over the territory whose name appeared on these coins.
KM#168 is part of a broader Victorian portrait series issued under this arrangement, with production almost certainly contracted to a European mint.