Time Period: 1889-1994

Timeline

  • 1887-1951
  • Usage of Indian currency without dedicated legislation
  • ??.??.1937
  • Ordinance [Coinage, No. 25], allowed the usage of the East African common currency besided the Indian Rupee; effective ??.??.1937
  • ??.??.1951
  • Ordinance [Coinage and Currency, No. 16] on the extention of the jurisdiction of the East African Currency Board to the British Somaliland Protectorate and introduction of the East African common currency replacing the Indian Rupee; effective 01.04.1951:
    - 30.09.1951: Demonetization of the Indian currency at a rate of 1 Indian Rupee = 1.5 East African Shillings.
  • 22.04.1961
  • Start of currency exchange after Somalian independence:
    - 22.04.1961: Start of issuance of banknotes and coins in Somalian Somalo in former British Somaliland Protectorate
    - 25.06.1961: Demonetization of the East African currency in former British Somaliland Protectorate.


Time Period: 1994-

Currency: Somaliland Shilling


Timeline

  • ??.09.1994
  • Law [Xeerka Baanka Somaliland] on the establishment of the Bank of Somaliland and the creation of a national currency; effective upon constitution of the bank on 18.10.1994
  • 12.04.2012
  • Law [Xeerka Baanka Dhexe, No. 54] on the reconstitution of the central bank; effective immediately
  • ??.09.1994
  • Gesetz zur Währungstrennung von Somalia; in Kraft am 18.10.1994
  • 18.10.1994
  • Start of currency exchange:
    - 18.10.1994: Start of issuance of the new banknotes and coins
    - 31.01.1995: Demonetization of the Somalian currency.

Valuation Regimes

  • 1994-1996
  • Fixed rate against US Dollar
  • 1996-
  • Variable rate, highly inflationary. The central bank did not quote any rate until 14.04.2019.

Rate Arrangements

  • 18.10.1994
  • Fixed
  • US Dollar at 1 : 50
  • -
  • 01.08.1995
  • Fixed
  • US Dollar at 1 : 80
  • -48.0%
  • 01.01.1996
  • Variable
  • initially: US Dollar at 1 : 500 - Market rate
  • -84.0%


End-year Forex Rates (Units per US Dollar)