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50 Shillings Bronze Commemorative Issue, small type
| Issuer | Baanka Somaliland |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Goodirka building in Hargeisa — the former House of Representatives at the time of Somaliland's declaration of independence and now the Supreme Court headquarters — with a kudu vignette at right. A bronze commemorative overprint reading '5th Anniversary of Independence 18 May 1996' appears across the face, with the Somali-language equivalent 'Sanad Gurada 5aad ee Gobanjmadda 18 May 1996' also present. Denomination and issuer name are rendered in both English and Somali. |
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| Variants | P#11a - Overprint on #4a (old date 1994) P#11b - Overprint on #4b, 1996 |
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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.