Description

The Somalia Elephant Silver Series is one of the best-selling and most-popular silver coins in the market. Introduced in 1999 as the Zambia Elephant, the series really took off after its transition to the Somalia Elephant Series. Since 2016, the variety of options has continued to grow. One of the more creative is the Somalia Christmas Elephant. Maritime Coins and Collectibles now has 2023 Colorized Somalia Christmas Elephant 1 oz Silver Coins available to you for purchase online.

Highlights:

• Arrives with a custom, Christmas snowglobe!
• Features a Certificate of Authenticity!
• Limited number of coins in snowglobe packaging!
• 20^th coin in the Somalia Elephant Silver Series!
• Contains 1 Troy oz of .9999 pure silver in BU condition.
• Issued a face value of 100 Somali Shillings.
• Coat of arms of Somalia on the obverse.
• African bush elephant on the reverse.

When you purchase a 2023 Colorized Somalia Christmas Elephant 1 oz Silver Coin online at Maritime Coins and Collectibles, you will receive the coin inside of a Christmas snowglobe. This design uses a working snowglobe with a 2023 Somalia Elephant Silver Coin safely housed at the center. The snowglobe comes with a Certificate of Authenticity, a red, Christmas-themed base, and a greeting of MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Obverse

For the obverse design of the 2023 Colorized Somalia Elephant Silver Coin, the mint features the coat of arms of Somalia. This design includes a crowned shield supported by leopards with horizontal lines on the shield and a single star at the center. The inscriptions on this side include SOMALI REPUBLIC, 2023, and 100 SHILLINGS.

Reverse

In the reverse design field, the 2023 Colorized Somalia Christmas Elephant Silver Coin features the exclusive 2023 design of the African bush elephant. This image shows the head of the elephant in right-profile relief as it raises its trunk to eat foliage. Inscriptions on this side include AFRICAN WILDLIFE, ELEPHANT, and 1 OZ AG 999.9.

History

The Christmas Elephant release comes with beautiful colorization each year. The 2023 design comes with a red bow at the bottom of the field, a Santa hat on the elephant, a candy cane in its trunk, and boughs of holly in its mouth. The background field has been colorized with a snowy landscape, falling snow, and a silhouette of Santa flying in front of the moon in his sleigh.