Catalog
50 Shillings Bronze Commemorative Issue, small type
| Issuer | Baanka Somaliland |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 50 Shillings (50 SLS) |
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| Reverse description | A camel caravan vignette occupies the central field, with two nomadic figures leading three camels across an arid landscape; in the background rise the twin Naasa Hablood hills — a celebrated natural landmark near Hargeisa whose name translates as 'Girl's Breast'. Issuer name and denomination appear in both English and Somali along the borders. |
| Reverse lettering | BAANKA 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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Pick 11 is one of two 50 Shillings notes issued by Baanka Somaliland in 1996, distinguished from its companion (Pick 10) by a reduced typeface in the denomination text — a minor but catalogued printing variant that has caused persistent misattribution in collections where the two types were filed together without close examination.
Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 following the collapse of the Barre government, but has never received formal international recognition. Its currency therefore operates entirely within its own domestic economy, with no IMF backing and no external exchange mechanism.