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50 Shillings Independence
| Issuer | Somalia |
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| Year | 1965-1966 |
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| Weight | 7 g |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of President Aden Abdullah Osman Daar, wearing glasses and a suit with tie, centrally positioned within the field. Arabic inscriptions appear to the left and right of the portrait. The legend REPUBBLICA SOMALA curves along the upper periphery in Latin script, while the independence commemorative dates 1960 - 1965 are inscribed along the lower rim. |
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| Mintage | 1965 Az - Proof - 6,325 1966 Az - Proof - |
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Somalia's independence coinage was issued to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Somali Republic, formed in 1960 when the former Italian Trust Territory of Somalia and British Somaliland merged. The gold pieces were struck by the Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato in Rome, a natural choice given Italy's administrative history with the southern territory.
The two-year date span reflects distribution across the anniversary period rather than a change in dies.