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10 Dollars World Peace for the third millennium
| Issuer | Somalia |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the coat of arms of Somalia, featuring a heraldic shield bearing horizontal lines and a five-pointed star, supported by two leopards rampant as dexter and sinister supporters, resting on a base of two crossed palm fronds. The legend SOMALIA REPUBLIC arcs along the upper periphery in large Latin capitals. The date 2000 is divided across the lower field flanking the supporters, and the fantasy denomination $10 appears in the exergue at the bottom. |
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| Reverse description | Central design features an allegorical figure of Peace rendered as a dove in flight over a stylized globe, symbolizing world peace at the dawn of the third millennium. The motif is surrounded by a circular legend along the upper and lateral periphery, with the date appearing at the bottom of the coin in the exergue. |
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Somalia had no functioning central government in 2000 — the state had collapsed in 1991 and wouldn't see even a transitional federal authority until 2004. These "Somali" issues from that period were produced entirely by private minting operations, typically in Europe, exploiting the legal vacuum around the dormant national coinage franchise. The nominal issuing authority existed on paper only.