View source for Somalia 1976 5 senti

[[Image:Somalia 1976 5 senti obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
[[Image:Somalia 1976 5 senti rev DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was issued by [[Somalia]] as part of the F.A.O. series. Somalia was divided by the British and Italians at the end of the nineteenth century. Mussolini's imperialist fantasies moved him to conquer neighboring Ethiopia in 1936, which conquest was reversed by a British occupation of [[Ethiopia]] and Somaliland in 1941. Somaliland was returned to [[Italy]] in 1950, which granted the area independence in 1960. A succession of military regimes followed until the complete collapse of government in the early 1990's. That unhappy condition persists to this day. 

''Recorded mintage:'' 10,080,000.

''Specification:'' .87 g, aluminum, 20 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 24.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 

''Link to:''
* [[Somalia 1950 centesimo|1950 centesimo]]
* [[Somalia 1970 5 shillings|1970 5 shillings F.A.O.]]
* [[Somalia 1976 10 senti|1976 10 senti F.A.O.]]
* [[Somalia 1976 shilling|1976 shilling F.A.O.]]
* [[Somalia 1976 50 senti|1976 50 senti F.A.O.]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1976]]
* return to coins of [[Somalia]]

[[Category:F.A.O. series coinage]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]][[Category: Aluminum coins of the world]]