Obverse. Photo © MA-SHOPS
  • 100 Shillings 2001, KM# 109, Somalia, 2006 Football (Soccer) World Cup in Germany
  • 100 Shillings 2001, KM# 109, Somalia, 2006 Football (Soccer) World Cup in Germany
Description

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international association football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process along with hosts Germany for the finals tournament. It was the second time that Germany staged the competition and the first as a unified country along with the former East Germany with Leipzig as a host city (the other was in 1974 in West Germany), and the 10th time that the tournament was held in Europe.

Italy won the tournament, claiming their fourth World Cup title, defeating France 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out in the final after extra time had finished in a 1–1 draw. Germany defeated Portugal 3–1 to finish in third place. Angola, Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Trinidad and Tobago and Togo made their first appearances in the finals.

Obverse

Depicts the coat of arms of Somalia, surrounded by the country name in English and denomination below in English, date on both sides.

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
20 01
100 SHILLINGS

Reverse

Depicts a colorized football (soccer) player with a ball in action, date below, inscription above right and below. Brandenburg Gate in the background.

The Brandenburg Gate is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin, and one of the best-known landmarks of Germany. It is built on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to the town of Brandenburg an der Havel.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF FOOTBALL
GERMANY 2006

Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Silver
Weight 10.5 g
Diameter 30.1 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Medal

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