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500 Shillings Elephant
| Issuer | Central Bank of Somalia |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 500 Shillings (500 Shilin) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | AFRICAN WILDLIFE ELEPHANT · 5 oz Ag 999.9 |
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Somalia's wildlife-themed silver issues have been minted in Germany by the Bavarian State Mint (Bayerische Hauptmünzamt) under a licensing arrangement — the coins are legal tender in name but were never intended for Somali domestic circulation, produced entirely for the international bullion and collector market. The series has run continuously since the early 2000s, making it one of the longer-running African-licensed bullion programs of its kind.
The 5 oz format places this squarely in the larger-bar-replacement category that gained traction after 2010 as stackers sought government-backed alternatives to generic rounds. KM#274 is the 2017 iteration of an annually updated type.