Issued during the height of the Somali Democratic Republic under the leadership of President Siad Barre, this note captures a period of intense political transformation, socio-economic modernization, and national pride.
While the previous issue mistakenly depicted wildebeests - an animal not native to Somalia - the Central Bank corrected this design flaw for the P-21 series, replacing them with a magnificent herd of native African Cape Buffalos.