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1 Somalo Prova
| Issuer | Italian Somaliland |
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| Year | 1950 |
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| Weight | 10.00 g |
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| Obverse lettering | SOMALIA ROMAGNOLI PROVA |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Arabic |
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Italian Somaliland was placed under Italian administration as a UN Trust Territory in 1950, and this prova — an official trial strike submitted for ministerial approval — was produced in advance of the circulating series. The Trust arrangement gave Italy a ten-year mandate to prepare Somalia for independence, and establishing a local coinage was among the earliest administrative priorities. The billon composition reflects a deliberate cost calculation for a territory with no established monetary infrastructure of its own.
Provas of this series are institutionally rare. Most were retained by the Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato or destroyed after approval decisions were made.