Somaliland shilling

Somaliland shilling
  • شلن صوماليلاندي (Arabic)
  • Shilin Somaliland (Somali)
500/-, 1,000/- and 5,000/- banknotes1/- coin
ISO 4217
CodeNone
Unit
SymbolSl.Sh. SLSH, /-
Denominations
Banknotes
 Freq. used100/-, 500/-, 1,000/-, 5,000/-[1]
 Rarely used5/-, 10/-, 20/-, 50/-,
Coins
 Rarely used1/-, 5/-, 10/-, 20/-
Demographics
User(s) Somaliland
Issuance
Central bankBank of Somaliland (Baanka Somaliland)
 Websitehttps://cb.govsomaliland.org/
Valuation
Pegged withU.S. dollar = 8,000 - 10,000/-

The Somaliland shilling (Somali: Shillin Somaliland, Arabic: شلن صوماليلاندي; abbreviation: Sl.Sh. or SLSH; symbol: /-) is the official currency of the Republic of Somaliland, an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as de jure part of Somalia.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Somaliland new 1,000000- and 5,000000-shilling notes confirmed Archived 2012-01-21 at Wikiwix BanknoteNews.com. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
  2. ^ Vickery, Matthew. "The surprising place where cash is going extinct". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  3. ^ "Money and Costs in Somaliland". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  4. ^ Renders, Marleen (2012-01-27). Consider Somaliland: State-Building with Traditional Leaders and Institutions. BRILL. p. 134. ISBN 978-90-04-22254-0.