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5 Dollars Year of the Rabbit
| Issuer | Republic of Somaliland |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Composition | Stainless steel |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the coat of arms of the Republic of Somaliland: a spread eagle displayed in the field, superimposed upon a balance scale with two pans, symbolizing justice, and a pair of clasped hands below, all enclosed within a wreath of laurel branches. An Arabic inscription in the Basmala appears above the coat of arms. The circular legend 'REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND' runs along the upper periphery, with the date '19 99' divided at the left and right sides of the wreath, and the denomination '5 DOLLARS' inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Chinese |
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Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but has never received formal international recognition from any sovereign state. Its coinage, issued throughout the 1990s, was produced largely for the collector market rather than domestic circulation — the regional economy ran primarily on Somali shillings and later on its own paper currency. This piece, timed to the 1999 lunar calendar, was part of a broader wave of Chinese zodiac issues commissioned from private mints and sold through numismatic distributors with no meaningful connection to the issuing territory.