Editing Somali 5 shilling coin (unofficial)

Featured in the middle of the obverse is the coat of arms of Somalia – which consists of a central {{wp|en|Escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon}} containing a single {{wp|en|five-pointed star}}, surmounted by a {{wp|en|battlement}} of {{wp|en|Moors|Moorish}} style and supported by two {{wp|en|African leopard|African leopards}} (''{{wsp|Panthera pardus pardus}}''). Below this escutcheon are a {{wp|en|ribbon}} wrapped around two crossing {{wp|en|Lance|lances}} and two {{wp|en|Palm tree|palm}} {{wp|en|Frond|fronds}}. Written above this illustration, extending clockwise from the coin's upper left to upper right peripheries, is the English state title of Somalia, "REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA". A large numeral "5" appears at the bottom of the obverse, and is accompanied along the left rim by the word "SHILLINGS" and along the right by its {{wp|en|Italian language|Italian}} equivalent, "SCELLINI". Both of these texts are written in a counterclockwise direction and are separated from the state title by small circular points.

Displayed in the center of the coin's [[reverse]] is an illustration of an {{wp|en|African bush elephant|African elephant}} (''{{wsp|Loxodonta africana}}'') walking to the right. Such an animal, rarely seen in Somalia, occasionally appears in the country around its border with [[Kenya]]. The text "XXI CENTURY", identifying the [[21st century]], is engraved upward along the left rim of the piece, followed near the top of the reverse by the Gregorian date of minting in Western Arabic numerals. Printed downward along the right periphery of the coin is the legend "FOOD SECURITY". The date and the two accompanying texts are separated by two small circular points. "FAO" appears horizontally at the bottom of the reverse, below the depiction of the elephant.

Featured on the reverse is a depiction of a {{wp|en|African buffalo|cape buffalo}} (''{{wsp|Syncerus caffer}} caffer'') standing in a field of {{wp|en|grass}}, looking ¼ right. The animal, a large bovine native to portions of {{wp|en|Southern Africa|Southern}} and {{wp|en|East Africa}}, can be found in parts of southwestern Somalia. The face value "FIVE SHILLINGS" is engraved into the grass at the bottom of the coin, written counterclockwise along the rim.