Italian Somaliland Paper Money-Index

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**LEADERS**
King: Umberto I Bio 9.1.1878 - 29.7.1900	King: Vittorio Emanuele III 29.7.1900-9.5.1946	President: `Luigi Einaudi 11.5.1948 - 11.5.1955`

ITALIAN SOMALILAND Banknotes INDEX, 1893-1951 Issues

PAGE

CATALOG
NUMBERS

DENOMINATIONS

DATES

ISSUING AUTHORITY

QUASI-GOVERNMENT ISSUES

P.1

5 Rupias

1893

Vincenzo Filonardi & Co.

GOVERNMENT ISSUES

P.2 - P.4

1 - 10 Rupias

1920-21

Banca D'Italia

ITALIAN, BRITISH SOMALILAND ISSUE?

SB.1271 - SB.1274

5 Shillings

ND(WWII ?)

East Africa Command

GOVERNMENT ISSUES

P.11 - P.12

1 - 5 Somali

1950

Cassa per la Circolazione Monetaria della Somalia

P.13 - P.16

1 - 100 Somali

1950-51

Cassa per la Circolazione Monetaria della Somalia

**BACKGROUNDER**
Italian Somaliland was an Italian colony in East Africa with its capital at Mogadishu. Captain Vicenzo Filonardi was an active trader in the area and had gained esteem with the Sultan of Zanzibar. He obtained a commercial agreement from the Sultan in 1885 and was appointed the first Governor of Italian Somaliland by Italian Prime Minister, `Giovanni Giolitti. The Italian government funded the V. Filonardi Company to establish commercial development and influence in the region.` Italian Somaliland was established in 1889, when Italy established agreement with the Sultan of Zanzibar to place his territory under Italian protection. `Filonardi was in office from` 3.8.1889 until 15.5.1893 as Governor and was a Commissioner from 1896 until 1897. The British Somaliland was established in the north in 1884 and a protectorate was formed in 1887. Italian Somaliland became part of Italian East Africa on 1.6.1936 when it merged with the Ethiopian region of Ogaden and was named a province of Somalia. On 18.8.1940 Italy occupied British Somaliland. In February 1941 Britain occupied Italian Somaliland. and administered it until 1.4.1950 when it became a UN Trust Territory. Somalia was formed by a joining of the two former colonial territories of British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland. The union of British and Italian Somaliland took place on 1.7.1960, when the Somali Republic was proclaimed.

CATALOG REFERENCES
N.	Numismondo (Online)
SI	Soldi D'Italia un secolo di cartamoneta, Guido Crapanzano, 1995
SB	World War II Remembered, Schwan, Boling, 1st Ed.
P.	Standard Catalog of World Paper Money