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500 Shillings Bronze Commemorative Issue
| Issuer | Baanka Somaliland |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Currency | Shilling (1994-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette portrays the port of Berbera with a large cargo vessel moored dockside, while herders tend flocks of Somali sheep and goats in the foreground, evoking the country's pastoral and maritime economy. The design is set within an elaborate guilloche border in blue tones with rosette ornaments at each corner. Denomination inscriptions in English, Somali, and Arabic appear in the lateral panels. |
| Reverse lettering | BANKAA SOMALILAND SHAN BOQOL SL SHILIN FIVE HUNDRED SOMALILAND SHILLINGS ٥٠٠ شن (Translation: Bank of Somaliland Five Hundred Somaliland Shillings.) |
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Somaliland's unilateral declaration of independence in 1991 was recognized by no sovereign state, yet the administration in Hargeisa pressed ahead with full monetary infrastructure — issuing its own currency as a practical assertion of functional governance rather than diplomatic status. The 500 Shillings P#13 was part of that project, carrying the "commemorative" designation in connection with the fifth anniversary of the republic's self-declared independence.
The "Bronze" in the series title refers to a tiered commemorative classification, not the substrate — the note is paper, like the rest of the Somaliland shilling issues of the period.