0.5g Gold Somalia Elephant 2025 (Proof)
- Investment Gold: Value tracks the gold price
- Mint: Bavarian Main Mint
- Face Value: 20 shillings
- Investment GoldPurest 24 karat fine gold as the basis of your investment
- MintAlso produces the German 20-euro gold coins
- Face ValueFace value of 20 shillings, easily tradable worldwide
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Somalia Elephant, 0.5 g Gold
A new elephant every year,even on half a gram of gold.
0.5 g Gold, 2025 issue. The image shows a single elephant with long tusks, behind it a bare tree and an acacia.
Somalia Elephant, 0.5 g Gold, design side, image
0.5 g Gold, 2025 issue. The image shows a single elephant with long tusks, behind it a bare tree and an acacia.
The elephant
The eldest knows the way.
Elephants live in families. A herd usually consists of related females and their young, led by the matriarch, as a rule the oldest and most experienced. She knows where to find food and water. When danger looms, the herd forms a ring, the young in the middle.
In a study published in 2001, researchers used playback experiments to show that the oldest female’s better ability to discriminate can influence the social knowledge of the whole group. Elephants can communicate through deep calls that lie partly below the range of human hearing and carry a long way.
The trunk is nose and upper lip at once. It lifts a log, and just as well a single piece of straw.
- months of gestation
- around22
- years usually between two calves
- 3 to 6
- bones in the trunk
- 0
The years
From 2017 to 2026
The elephant has appeared since 1999, since 2004 with Somalia as the issuing country, since 2010 in gold as well. The design changes every year. Here are the years we stock.
2026At the waterhole, a zebra in front
2025Alone, with long tusks
2024Two elephants on the move
2023The trunk reaching for a branch
2021From the front, ears spread wide
2020Two elephants, facing each other
2018The head with its trunk curled
2017Trunk raised, before a hut and palm
The finish
Half a gram in proof
Half a gram of gold, struck in proof: a mirror field and a matt relief, as the image shows.
The coin
Design side and value side
The design side bears AFRICAN WILDLIFE at the top and ELEPHANT at the bottom, together with weight and fineness.
The value side shows the coat of arms of Somalia with two leopards holding a shield with a star, together with SOMALI REPUBLIC, the year and the face value.
On this coin, it is 20 Shillings.
ElephantThe elephant
Face valueFace value on the value side
FinenessWeight and fineness in the legend
Details from the image
The elephant also comes in colour in the Day and Night set, in black and white in the Black and White set and as the Giant Moon.
The sizes
From half a gram to a kilogram
Both rows to scale by diameter.
Gold, from 0.5 gram to 5 ounces
0.5 g2025 design
1/25 ounce
1/10 ounce
1/4 ounce
1/2 ounce
1 ounce
5 ounces2023 design
Silver, 1 ounce and 1 kilogram
1 ounce38.6 mm
1 kg100 mm
At a glance
- Issuing country
- Somalia
- Face value
- 20 Shillings
- Metal
- Gold
- Weight
- 0.5 g
- Fineness
- 999.9
- Year
- 2025
- Quality
- Proof
One year, one elephant.
This is the one from 2025.
0.5g Gold Somalia Elephant 2025 in Proof – minted fine gold you can hold
- Minting quality: The highest level of refinement, Proof (PP) – mirror-polished surfaces meet finely matted relief motifs.
- Investment purpose: Physical bullion coin for wealth preservation and inflation hedge; denominations of 1/4 ounce and smaller are particularly suitable as a handy crisis protection.
- Design: A front-facing African elephant with mighty tusks in the savannah – a design that is newly created each year.
- Material / fineness: 0.5 g of purest fine gold with a fineness of 999.9/1,000, equivalent to 24 carat.
- Manufacturer: Produced by the renowned Bavarian State Mint.
- Country of origin: Republic of Somalia, issued with a face value of 20 shillings.
With the Gold Somalia Elephant 2025, you secure a piece of genuine investment gold in a compact small format. The real reason to buy is the substance: 0.5 grams of physical gold, whose value is primarily determined by the current gold price. The appealing elephant design gives the coin its personal touch – but the value base is formed by the fine gold it contains. Despite the small format, you are therefore acquiring full-fledged, return-oriented precious metal rather than a mere decorative item.
Design and composition of the Elephant gold coin
The namesake African elephant takes center stage on the obverse of the coin. It steps forward frontally from a typical African savannah landscape, flanked by a sparse tree on the left and another tree in the distance. The inscriptions "AFRICAN WILDLIFE" and "ELEPHANT" frame the image, supplemented by the inscription "0.5g Au 999.9". The reverse of this Somalia gold coin shows the national emblem of the Republic of Somalia: a shield with a five-pointed star, held by two upright leopards, with crossed spears and palm fronds beneath. The year of issue 2025 and the face value of 20 shillings complete the obverse. The reeded edge underscores security and authenticity. Because the design changes every year, each issue of the popular series is its own unique minted work.
African Wildlife – a series with history
The African Wildlife Somalia Elephant bullion coin has been minted in Germany since 2004; the gold edition has been issued as part of the series since 2010. Originally, the fineness was 999/1,000, before it was raised to today's 999.9/1,000 in 2016. The coin is minted at the historic Bavarian State Mint, which is also responsible for issues such as the German 20-euro and 200-euro gold coins. As an agency issue, the Somalia Elephant is also legal tender in the Republic of Somalia. Thus, the coin combines German minting quality with the appeal of an international classic.
Why gold convinces as a store of value
Gold is the oldest currency in the world and a proven store of value for over 6,000 years. It has never had a value of zero, as it possesses an intrinsic, physical value and is recognized worldwide as a means of payment and exchange. Especially in times of fluctuating confidence in paper money, the precious metal serves as protection against inflation and currency risks – not without reason, central banks are among the largest holders of gold in the world. Small denominations like this Elephant gold coin have a particular charm: they enable wealth accumulation in manageable steps. Anyone who regularly acquires small amounts of gold builds up a considerable tangible asset over the years.
Small amounts of gold add up over the years to lasting wealth – substance you can hold in your hand.
Investment advantages at a glance
- Value preservation: The price follows the gold price – gold protects against loss of purchasing power.
- High liquidity: Bullion coins like these gold coins are easy to buy, sell, transport, and store.
- Tradable worldwide: Recognized everywhere as official legal tender and an internationally known series.
- Tax advantage: Investment gold is exempt from VAT; capital gains are tax-free after a holding period of one year.
- Collector's appeal: Older years of issue are often traded at a noticeable premium over the pure material value.
Would you like to give a family something lasting for a christening, birthday, or Christmas? Then, with the 0.5g Gold Somalia Elephant 2025 in Proof, you're not giving a fleeting gesture, but a genuine gold investment. Whether as an entry into physical gold investment, a sensible addition to an existing precious metals holding, or long-term provision across generations – this gold coin combines the finest minting craftsmanship of the Bavarian State Mint with the enduring value of the yellow metal.
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