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5 Shillings 1996 Silver Commemorative Issue
| Issuer | Baanka Somaliland |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANKAA SOMALILAND SHAN SL SHILIN SOMALILAND 5 SHILLINGS ٢٠شن Sanad Gurada 5ee Gobanjmadda 18 May 1996 (Translation: Bank of Somaliland Twenty Somaliland Shillings. 5th Anniversary of Independence 18 May 1996) |
| Reverse description | A camel caravan composed of two nomads and three camels traverses the landscape, set against the backdrop of the Naasa Hablood hills — known as the 'Girl's Breast' hills — located near Hargeisa, rendered in a scenic vignette style typical of East African note design of this period. |
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Somaliland's self-declared independence in 1991 was recognized by no sovereign state, and that status hadn't changed by 1996. Issuing commemorative banknotes was, among other things, a way of performing statehood — producing physical instruments that looked and functioned like a national currency even without international monetary recognition. Whether this note ever circulated meaningfully is doubtful; the Somaliland shilling economy at the time was overwhelmingly driven by higher denominations printed in much larger runs.
Pick 14 is one of the more obscure entries in the Baanka Somaliland series, and documentation on print quantities remains thin.