Somalian Coins

Obverse of 1979 Somalian 10 Shillings

Countries

Reverse of 1979 Somalian 10 Shillings

A Brief History
Somalia was known to the Egyptians at least 1,500 years BC. The region became strategically important after the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. In 1888, Great Britain declared the area of British Somaliland a protectorate. Italian Somaliland was created in 1895 by purchase from the Sultan of Zanzibar.
The two areas briefly combined from 1960, but there was a military revolution in 1969. Recent years have been marked by political instability. Somaliland in the northwest is an independent state but is unrecognised by Somalia and most other states.

Coins
Coins of Italian Somaliland from 1909 to 1925 are relatively scarce, and British Somaliland used coins of the East African Currency Board from 1945 to 1961. At independence in 1950, five different denomination of Somalian coins were issued, but Somalia has a small population at about 7 million, and is one of the world's poorest countries. The Somali Republic issued some impressive coins in 1965 to celebrate its fifth anniversary of independence, and the Democratic Republic has issued coins since 1970, including many commemorative issues.

Tri-Metallic Coins
Somalia has recently issued a number of three-part tri-metallic coins, including the Queen Mother Crown, and the Year of the Snake Crown.

African Monkey One Ounce Silver Bullion Coins
We sometimes have stocks of the one ounce silver monkeys.

Somalian Coins For Sale

Date	Denomination	Description	Mintage	Grade
1979	10 Shillings	Tenth Anniversary of Republic	5,000	Silver Proof
1998	250 Shillings	The World's Most Popular Cats	750	Silver Proof
1999		Tenth Anniversary End of Berlin Wall
2000	250 Shillings	Millennium Icons
2000		Queen Mother Centenary
2001		Year of the Snake Crown
2001	25 Shillings	Victoria Centenary Gothic Crown
2013	100 Shillings	Elephant 100 Shillings		Silver

Postage & Packing:
UK: At buyer's Risk £3.50 or
Fully Insured £9 (Usually by Royal Mail Special Delivery)
USA: Airmail at buyer's risk $10 or
Fully Insured $20
For further details, please see our Postage & Packing page.

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Coins Wanted
We make an active market in almost all world coins, including Somalian coins and silver proofs. If you have any of these coins to sell, please contact us, or post them to us for appraisal and offer.

Somalian Gold Coins
For Somalian coins in gold, please look at the Somalian Coins page of our Tax Free Gold website.