FAUNA ON BANKNOTES - AFRICA: Somalia
Somalia pick 1a: 5 Scellini from 1962
1962. 5 Scellini = 5 Shillings. Red on green and orange underprint. Antelope at left. Signature title: IL PRESIDENTE at left. Back: Orange-brown. Dhow at center. Watermark: Leopard\'s head. Printer: OCV.
Collectors Comment: obv.: antelope
Somalia pick 17a: 5 Shilin from 1975
1975. 5 Shilin = 5 Shillings. Purple on gold and multicolor underprint. Gnus and zebras at bottom center, arms at left. Back: Banana harvesting at center right. Watermark: Sayyid Mohammed Aabdullah Hassan.
Collectors Comment: obv.: gnus and zebras
Somalia pick 31c: 5 Shilin from 1987
1987. 5 Shilin = 5 Shillings. Brown-violet. Cape Buffalo herd at left center, arms at top left center, star near lower center. Back: Harvesting bananas. Reduced size. Replacement notes: Serial number prefix Z001.
Collectors Comment: obv.: Cape Buffalos
Somalia pick 34a: 50 Shilin from 1983
1983. 50 Shilin = 50 Shillings. Red-brown and multicolor underprint. Walled city at left and center, arms at top left center, star near lower center. Back: Watering animals at center right. Watermark: Sayyid Mohammed Aabdullah Hassan. Reduced size. Replacement notes: Serial number prefix Z001.
Collectors Comment: rev.: cows, camels, goats
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Somalia pick 40: 10000 Shilin from 2010
2010 (2023). Dark blue on blue underprint. Small fishing sailboat at center. Back: three fish at center left.
Collectors Comment: rev.: fish; wmrk: lion
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Somalia pick R2a: 50 N Shilin from 1991
1991. 50 N Shilin = 50 N Shillings. Brown, green and black on multicolor underprint. Man working loom, arms at top left center. Back: Young person leading a donkey with three children. Watermark: Sayyid Mohammed Aabdullah Hassan.
Collectors Comment: rev.: donkey