Somalia 1965 20 shillings

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 2934

This specimen was lot 2934 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SOMALIA: AV 20 shillings, 1965, 5th Anniversary of Independence, NGC graded PF62 UC, S." This type was issued in sets with gold fifty, 100, 200 and 500 shillings, most likely distributed to the president's friends and cronies. It was struck again in 1966.

Recorded mintage: 6,325.

Specification: 2.8 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM-10, Fr-5.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

• 1965 50 shillings, 5th anniversary of independence
• 1965 200 shillings, 5th anniversary of independence
• 1965 500 shillings, 5th anniversary of independence
• Coins and currency dated 1965