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500 Shillings Pope John Paul II
| Issuer | Somalia |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#126 |
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| Reverse lettering | THE LIFE OF POPE JOHN PAUL II · 2005 · |
| Edge | Smooth |
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Issued the same year John Paul II died, this is a commemorative struck for the collector market rather than circulation — Somalia had no meaningful coin distribution infrastructure by 2005, and the country had functioned without a recognized central bank for over a decade. The silver-plated copper-nickel composition places it firmly in the souvenir tier of world coin production, a category Somalia leaned into heavily during the 2000s through licensing arrangements with European minting firms.