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250 Shillings Wildlife of Somalia and East Africa
| Issuer | Somalia |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Value | 250 Shillings (250 Shilin) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the Somali national coat of arms prominently displayed in the center, depicting a light blue shield bearing a white five-pointed star, supported on either side by two leopards rampant, with crossed palm branches at the base surmounted by a mural crown. The trimetallic construction is evident, with the brass core presenting the central device, the copper-nickel middle ring forming a contrasting annular band, and the brass outer ring carrying the peripheral legend. The legend REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA arcs along the upper rim, while the denomination 250 SHILLINGS appears along the lower rim, all within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Somalia's central government collapsed in 1991, and by 1998 the country had no functioning national authority capable of issuing currency in any conventional sense. These wildlife-themed trimetallic pieces were almost certainly produced by a private mint under commercial license, targeting the collector market rather than Somali commerce. The issuing "authority" was nominal at best.
KM#69a distinguishes this trimetallic variant from the brass-only KM#69, both sharing the same design and year — a detail worth confirming against the physical ring composition before cataloging.