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50 Shillings Revolution
| Issuer | Somalia |
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| Year | 1970 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a decorative arrangement of agricultural produce including ears of wheat, maize, sorghum, and other cereals and vegetables, symbolising Somalia's agricultural development. The composition is rendered in fine relief against a polished field. An Arabic legend appears along the upper rim, while the denomination and thematic inscription in Italian and English run along the lower and lateral portions of the coin. |
| Reverse script | Latin/Arabic |
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Somalia's 1969 coup brought Major General Mohamed Siad Barre to power after the assassination of President Shermarke, and this gold commemorative was struck the following year to legitimize the new socialist government internationally — a common tactic among post-coup African states in that period. The Somali Revolutionary Council moved quickly to recast national symbols and commission prestige issues for foreign collectors and diplomatic circulation rather than domestic use.
The .900 fine gold specification aligns with a series of Somali commemoratives produced through European mints on contract during the early 1970s, most destined for the collector market rather than any meaningful monetary role.