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| Issuer | Somalia |
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| Year | 1999-2002 |
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| Value | 5 Shillings (5 Shilin) (5 SOS) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Somalia's Food and Agriculture Organization coinage from this period was issued under the nominal authority of a central government that had, by 1999, effectively ceased to function. The Transitional National Government wouldn't even be established until 2000, meaning these coins were authorized in a political vacuum.
FAO issues of this type were typically produced by private mints on contract, with distribution handled externally rather than through any functioning Somali banking infrastructure.