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5 Shillings Panthera Pardus
| Issuer | Republic of Somaliland |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND 2016 5 SHILINGS |
| Reverse description | A large, detailed right-facing portrait of a leopard (Panthera pardus) fills the reverse field, rendered in high relief with fine engraving capturing the animal's facial features, whiskers, and fur texture. The big cat's head is shown in profile, occupying the majority of the coin's surface and lending a naturalistic, artistic quality to the design. A beaded border frames the entire reverse. The binomial scientific name 'Panthera Pardus' is inscribed in italic lettering along the lower right field, following the curve of the coin's edge. |
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Somaliland has issued its own coinage since 1994 despite receiving no international recognition as a sovereign state — a curious numismatic situation in which a functioning currency circulates within a territory whose legal status remains entirely unresolved. The big cat series, of which this piece forms part, was produced primarily for collector export rather than domestic circulation, a common revenue strategy among unrecognized or micro-issuing authorities.
KM#114 is brass, not bimetallic, which distinguishes it from several related issues in the wildlife series that were struck in different alloy configurations across the same years.