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10 Dollars The African Monkey - Chimpanzee
| Issuer | Somalia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Reverse description | Central raised relief depicts two chimpanzees rendered in finely detailed naturalistic style, shown facing the viewer in a close portrait composition, their expressive faces and textured fur carefully articulated against a polished field. The design is enclosed within a raised inner border, creating a distinct inner medallion. The legend '• THE AFRICAN MONKEY •' arcs along the upper periphery in bold raised Latin lettering, while the lower border carries the inscriptions '1 OZ .999' to the left, '• $10 •' at the base, and 'FINE SILVER' to the right, separated by raised dots. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Somalia's late-1990s and early-2000s wildlife coinage was produced almost entirely for the collector export market — the country had no functioning central government during this period, following the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in 1991. The coins were authorized and distributed through private licensing arrangements, not a sovereign mint operating under normal state oversight.
X# prefix in standard references denotes "Unusual World Coins," the Krause designation for issues of questionable or non-traditional governmental authority. Whether this constitutes legal tender in any practical sense has never been meaningfully tested.