Saturday, August 29, 2009

Somaliland coins feature Richard F. Burton



The breakaway sort of country of Somaliland (northern part of Somalia, which, as I was told by a taxi driver from the region, enjoys a more relative amount of peace and prosperity than Somalia) has pictures of Richard F. Burton on two of their coins currently in use as currency.

One is the 5 shilling coin and the same picture is also on the 2,000 shilling coin.

More on Somaliland coins:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_the_Somaliland_shilling

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