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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;furryfrog02, post: 6375532, member: 41219&quot;]Yeah none of their coins are made in-country. The silver and gold that is &quot;from&quot; Somalia is more like Franklin Mint type stuff. I still buy the silver elephants since it still has a place near and dear to my heart <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The only things that were produced in-country are their 1000 shilling notes from the reign of the dictator Siyad Barre before everything fell to complete crap. </p><p>After his death, the notes were heavily counterfeited by various war lords around the country. </p><p>I got a big stack of them during one of my trips to Somalia and you can tell which are legit and which are counterfeit based on serial numbers and stuff. Kinda interesting <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> They all circulate though and the populace doesn&#039;t care.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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