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50 Shillings Bronze Commemorative Issue, large type
| Issuer | Baanka Somaliland |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Reference(s) | P#11A |
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| Obverse lettering | BAANKA SOMALILAND 5th Anniversary of Independence 18 May 1996 Sanad Gurada 5ee Gobanjmadda 18 May 1996 SOMALILAND 50 SHILLINGS (Translation: Bank of Somaliland 5th Anniversary of Independence 18 May 1996 5th Anniversary of Independence 18 May 1996 Somaliland 50 Shillings.) |
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| Reverse lettering | BANKAA SOMALILAND FIFTY SOMALILAND SHILLINGS KONTON SL SHILIN SOMALILAND 50 SHILLINGS (Translation: Bank of Somaliland Fifty Somaliland Shillings Fifty Somaliland Shillings Somaliland 50 Shillings.) |
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Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991, but no UN member state has ever formally recognized it. That political limbo shapes what this note is: currency issued by an authority with no international standing, circulating within a self-administered territory on the strength of local acceptance alone. The 1996 series, including this 50 Shilling piece, was among the earliest substantive efforts by Baanka Somaliland to establish a distinct monetary identity separate from the collapsed Somali shilling system.
The "large type" designation distinguishes this from the P#11 variant — a minor but cataloguable typographic difference that suggests a mid-run plate or layout adjustment rather than a formal reissue.