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5 Shillings Hippopotamus
| Issuer | Republic of Somaliland |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Weight | 5.69 g |
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| Obverse description | The national emblem of Somaliland is centrally displayed, featuring an eagle with spread wings clutching a shield bearing a balance scale, flanked by two olive branches forming a wreath. A circular legend in Arabic at the top reads the state name and Hijri year 1440, while the Latin legend REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND and the Gregorian year 2019 run along the lower periphery. The design is contained within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | جمهورية أرض الصومال ١٤٤٠ REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND 2019 |
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Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 and has operated as a self-governing state ever since, though no United Nations member has formally recognized it. Coins like this one function as a parallel currency within the territory, circulating alongside Somali shillings and occasionally US dollars, issued partly as a practical necessity and partly as an assertion of administrative identity.
The hippo series has drawn collector interest disproportionate to its face value — the pieces move primarily through the novelty and exotic issuer markets rather than through any established numismatic tradition tied to Somaliland itself.