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The article appears to be from 2017; does anyone have experience of what has happened since? Were the new shillings actually issued? Are they used?
by NeoTar 3y ago
The article appears to be from 2017; does anyone have experience of what has happened since? Were the new shillings actually issued? Are they used?
- Maxamillion96 3y agoShillings aren’t used anymore and the new shillings were destroyed in the Sudanese civil war when the warehouse they were in went on fire. https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2021/Mar/182037/somali_currency_printed_by_german_firm_for_49m_still_in_sudan_ex_somalia_central_bank_governor_claims.aspx https://www.hiiraan.com/news4/2021/Mar/182037/somali_currenc... Nowadays people pay each other using cell-phone minutes, for example if I buy an orange for .4 (40 cents) I will send that amount via a message.
- bombcar 3y agoReminds me of Discworld quickly using stamps as printed currency because they’re obviously negotiable.