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400 Shillings Yasser Arafat
| Issuer | Bank of Somaliland |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Weight | 40 g |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | 2004-2005 1929-2004 FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OF YASSER ARAFAT |
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Somaliland's unilateral declaration of independence in 1991 has never received international recognition, leaving it in a peculiar monetary position — issuing its own coinage for a state that most of the world officially pretends does not exist. The decision to put Yasser Arafat on a 2005 issue is consistent with a broader series commemorating international figures, almost certainly aimed at the collector market rather than domestic circulation.
At 40 grams, these were never practical pocket change.