前: Star design made out of circles
铭文: (value, upper-left in Italian) SCELLINGI
(top, in English) 20 SHILLINGS
(lower-right, value in Arabic) ٢٠ شلن صومالي
背面: 盾徽 (10 10月 1956)
在中间 (period years, left) 1960 和 (右) 1970
(above, arced state name in Arabic) الصومالية
الجمهورية الديمقراطية (al-Jumhūrīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah aṣ-Ṣūmālīyah)
(below, subject in Arabic) ذكرى العاشرة لاستقلال
铭文: (above state name in Italian)
REPUBBLICA DEMOCRATICA SOMALA
(below, subject in Italian) X ANNIVERSÀRIO INDIPENDENZA
边缘: G - grained, type: 杆
