Description

The Somali Democratic Republic (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiya Soomaaliyeed) was the name that the socialist military government gave to Somalia under President Major General Mohamed Siad Barre, after seizing power in a coup d'état on 21 October 1969. The coup came a few days after a bodyguard assassinated Abdirashid Shermarke, the nation's second President. Barre's administration ruled Somalia for the next 21 years until Somalia collapsed into civil war in 1991.

Obverse

Depicts sort of corps banana, orange, wheat and corn, with the bilingual inscription "Produce more food" in Somali above and Arabic below, with the date on both sides.

TACABKA KORDHIYA
1976 ١٩٧٦
أنتجوا مزيدا من الغذاء

Reverse

Denomination in middle in Arabic and English letters within a circle, country name in Somali above and Arabic below.

JAMHURIYADDA DIMOQRAADICA SOOMAALIYA
5
senti
سنت
جمهورية الصومال الديمقراطية

Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Aluminium
Weight 0.89 g
Diameter 19 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Coin

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