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2500 Shillings Elizabeth II 90th Anniversary - Queen of the Gambia
| Issuer | Baanka Somaliland |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Currency | Shilling (1994-date) |
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| Obverse description | At the centre of the field, the crowned royal cypher of Queen Elizabeth II — the interlaced 'E' and 'R' monogram surmounted by a detailed St. Edward's Crown — occupies the central device. The birth year '1926' and the anniversary year '2016' flank the monogram to the left and right respectively. The denomination '2500 SHILLINGS' is inscribed in two lines below the monogram. The peripheral legend 'VIVAT REGINA' appears to the left and right of the crown, while the outer legend '90th BIRTHDAY OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II' curves along the upper rim, and 'BAANKA SOMALILAND' is inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Somaliland's central bank has issued a long run of bimetallic commemoratives targeting the collector market rather than circulation, and this piece — honoring a foreign monarch's birthday for a territory she has no constitutional connection to — fits squarely in that commercial vein. The Gambia did retain Elizabeth II as head of state after independence in 1965, but became a republic in 1970, severing that tie entirely. By 2016, the "Queen of the Gambia" title had been legally meaningless for 46 years.