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500 Shillings
| Issuer | Baanka Somaliland |
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| Year | 1994-2011 |
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| Currency | Shilling (1994-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents the main headquarters building of Baanka Somaliland in Hargeisa, rendered in intaglio within an arched architectural frame surrounded by guilloche underprint in pastel tones. The issuer name "BAANKA SOMALILAND" appears in bold lettering across the top panel, flanked by the denomination numeral 500 at upper right and Arabic script at upper left, with two facsimile signatures below the vignette over the date "HARGEYSA" and year. Denomination legends in Somali, English, and Arabic are repeated in the lower border band. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette illustrates the port of Berbera with a large cargo vessel moored dockside, while herders drive flocks of Somali sheep and goats in the foreground, evoking the territory's livestock export trade. The design is executed in deep blue with red-orange guilloche rosettes and ornate lathe-work panels flanking the central scene on both sides. The issuer name "BAANKA SOMALILAND" runs along the top, with denomination inscriptions in English, Somali, and Arabic script distributed across the left, right, and lower panels. |
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| Protection description | Embedded security thread; watermark visible when held to light. |
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