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  • 10 Shillings 2000, KM# 101, Somalia, Chinese Zodiac, Pig
  • 10 Shillings 2000, KM# 101, Somalia, Chinese Zodiac, Pig
Description

The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the Chinese calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle. In traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese zodiac is a very important symbol and symbol. It represents the Chinese people's understanding and perception of time, history and life, and reflects the Chinese people's reflection and exploration on the fate of nature, the universe and mankind. Originating from China, the zodiac and its variations remain popular in many East Asian and Southeast Asian countries, such as Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Nepal, Bhutan, Cambodia, and Thailand.

Obverse

Depicts the coat of arms of Somalia, surrounded by the date and country name in English and denomination below in Italian on the right and English on the left.

The coat of arms of Somalia, adopted on October 10, 1956, features a shield embellished with the Somali flag, accompanied by two Leopards standing atop crossed spears. Positioned at the center of the flag is the Star of Unity, and a crown adorns the top of the shield. Completing the emblem are crossed spears underneath, entwined with a ribbon.

REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA
·SHILLINGS 10 SCELLINI·

Reverse

Depicts a pig with a Chinese symbol of it surrounded by one hundred years of this Pig year, date below.

The Pig (豬) or sometimes translated as the Boar is the twelfth of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in Chinese zodiac, in relation to the Chinese calendar and system of horology, and paralleling the system of ten Heavenly Stems and twelve Earthly Branches. Although the term "zodiac" (etymologically referring to a "[circle of] little animals") is used in the phrase "Chinese zodiac", there is a major difference between the Chinese usage and Western astrology: the zodiacal animals (including the zodiacal Pig) do not relate to the zodiac as the area of the sky that extends approximately 8° north or south (as measured in celestial latitude) of the ecliptic, the apparent path of the Sun, the Moon, and visible planets across the celestial sphere's constellations, over the course of the year.

1911·1923·1935·1947·1959·1971·1983·1995·2007

PIG
2000

Edge

10 Shillings (Scellini)

Republic
KM# 101
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Nickel Clad Steel
Weight 4.82 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness 1.6 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal

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