| Coin | Gold Twenty-fifth Ounce 2002 Tutankhamun |
|---|
|
The Somali Shilling is the official currency of Somalia. Due to inflation though, regular cash circulation in the country is handled not by coins but mostly by banknotes and foreign currency.
The country has also authorised the Bavarian Central Mint to issue bullion coins under its jurisdiction. The African Wildlife Series features a new design every year and has become very popular with collectors and bullion investors worldwide. The coins are in standard bullion sizes, including a very small one twenty-fifth of a troy ounce of gold format - designated as 1/25 oz Au, where Au is abbreviated from Aurum, the Latin word for gold.
The theme of this coin is the Gold of the Pharaohs, and it features the death mask of King Tutankhamun. |
| Mint | B. H. Mayer |
Mint Mark | No mint mark |
Total Mintage | 25,000 |
|
| Obverse | |
|---|
Within a plain border, the reverse of the coin displays the Coat of Arms of Somalia, featuring a shield (its blue colour indicated in "heraldic hatching" by thin horizontal lines), in the centre of which is a five-pointed star. The shield is surmounted by a decorated emblem with five heads, the with two lateral ones halved. The shield is borne from the sides by two cheetahs stepping on spears and facing each other under the lower point of the shield, along with two palm leaves, which are interlaced with a white ribbon.
Around above, the name of the country in English: SOMALI REPUBLIC. The date of issue, 2002, is around below. |
|
|
| Reverse | |
|---|
The reverse of the coin features the famous gold death mask of Egyptian King Tutankhamun, and his two sceptres crossed over his chest.
Around above, the inscription GOLD OF THE PHARAOHS; around below, separated from it by two small images of layers of the King's sarcophagus, the face value 50 SHILLINGS. |
|
| Reverse Inscription |
GOLD OF THE PHARAOHS 50 SHILLINGS |
|---|
|
| Edge | Milled | Edge Inscription | None |
|
Search for Somalia: Gold Twenty-fifth Ounce 2002 Tutankhamun on eBay 