5000 Shillings Sedov

The Sedov was a Soviet four-masted barque launched in 1921 — originally the German vessel Magdalene Vinnen II, seized as war reparations after World War II. Somalia's 1990s silver program leaned heavily on tall ship subjects, producing collector-focused issues with no meaningful domestic circulation. The Sedov remained in active service as a training ship through the late twentieth century, operating under the Soviet and later Russian flag.