The 1 oz silver coins in the Somalia Silver Elephant Series are available annually as beautiful investment-grade specimens. The coins have wide appeal because of the new reverse designs each year featuring the African elephant species. Beginning in the 2010s, the Bavarian State Mint introduced limited-issue privy marks featuring the animals of the Chinese lunar calendar on the popular coins. Today, 2018 1 oz Somalia Silver Elephant Dog Privy Coins are available to you online from JM Bullion.

Coin Highlights:

• Available to you inside of protective capsules!
• Distinctive 2018 design of the African elephant species!
• Limited mintage of only 10,000 coins!
• Contains 1 Troy oz of .9999 pure silver in BU condition.
• The face value is 100 Shillings (Somali).
• An African elephant lifts its trunk toward the viewer on the reverse of the coin.
• Year of the Dog privy mark on the reverse field.
• The obverse includes the Somali coat of arms.

Introduced by the Bavarian State Mint in 1999, the Silver Elephant Coin Series was initially issued for the nation of Zambia. This continued through 2003, with the series switching to Somalia in 2004 and continuing to this day as a coin representing the latter nation. Each year, the Bavarian State Mint maintains fresh interest in the coins by delivering unique, one-time designs that are not repeated. This 2018 Somalia Silver Elephant has the additional uniqueness that only a privy mark can deliver.

All 2018 1 oz Somalia Silver Elephant Dog Privy Coins are available to you in Brilliant Uncirculated condition. The coins are housed inside of individual protective capsules and feature a Year of the Dog privy mark on the reverse. The mintage of the coins fell from 2017 to 2018, dropping from 15,000 to just 10,000 for the Year of the Dog.

On the reverse of 2018 1 oz Somalia Silver Elephant Dog Privy Coins is the image of an African elephant in the immediate foreground. The massive land mammal seems to reach right out to the viewer with its long trunk and powerful tusks. The background depicts a barren scene with two vultures taking flight from a tree. This side of the coin also includes a Year of the Dog privy mark with the head of a German shepherd breed included in a small circle along the outer-left design field.

The obverse of 2018 Silver Elephant Dog Privy Coins includes the coat of arms for the Somali Republic. The seal includes a shield with a single star on a field of horizontal lines. The crowned shield is supported on either side by leopards with spears and fern leaves crossed below.

Please feel free to reach out to JM Bullion if you have any questions. You can call us on the phone at 800-276-6508, chat with us live online, or simply email us.