Somalia's late-1990s and 2000s wildlife coin program was largely produced for the collector market by European minting intermediaries, with no meaningful circulation in Somalia itself — the country had no functioning central bank capable of administering a coinage system during this period. KM#147 belongs to a sprawling dog breeds series that runs across multiple years and denominations, all issued under Somali authority in name only.
Somalia's late-1990s and 2000s wildlife coin program was largely produced for the collector market by European minting intermediaries, with no meaningful circulation in Somalia itself — the country had no functioning central bank capable of administering a coinage system during this period. KM#147 belongs to a sprawling dog breeds series that runs across multiple years and denominations, all issued under Somali authority in name only.