1 oz Gold Somalia Elephant 2026 (Mintage: 100 | Privy Mark ANA Pittsburgh)
- Savannah design: Elephants at the waterhole
- Mint: Bavarian State Mint
- Wooden case: with certificate of authenticity
- Savannah designA bull elephant with a second elephant, a zebra drinking in front
- MintMinted in Germany since 2004
- Wooden caseGlossy lacquered wooden box with deep blue velvet lining
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Somalia Elephant, 1 ounce Gold
A new elephant every year,in gold with a privy mark.
1 ounce of gold, 2026 issue with the privy mark of the ANA World’s Fair of Money.
Somalia Elephant, 1 ounce Gold, design side, image
1 ounce of gold, 2026 issue with the privy mark of the ANA World’s Fair of Money.
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
In gold, with a privy mark
For coin fairs, the elephant appears with a privy mark, a small sign in the coin’s design, in gold as well: for the World Money Fair in Berlin and for the World’s Fair of Money of the American Numismatic Association.
This coin bears the sign of the World’s Fair of Money, 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 1,000 Shillings.
ElephantThe elephant
Face valueFace value on the value side
Privy markThe privy mark
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 g
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
- 1,000 Shillings
- Metal
- Gold
- Weight
- 1 ounce
- Fineness
- 999.9
- Year
- 2026
- Quality
- Uncirculated
One year, one elephant.
This one bears the sign of the World’s Fair of Money.
1 oz Gold Somalia Elephant 2026 with ANA Pittsburgh Privy Mark – a rarity limited to 100 collectors
- Strictly limited: This show edition is issued worldwide in a very low mintage of only 100 pieces worldwide.
- Growth potential: Very high appreciation potential due to the hard mintage limit and the traditionally strong demand for privy mark editions.
- Rarity: A truly rare collector's coin – and thus the opposite of a freely available mass-minted coin.
- Investment goal: Collector's coin with numismatic appeal, plus inflation hedge and value preservation beyond the pure fine gold content.
- Design: A mighty bull elephant moves toward the water with a second elephant, while a zebra drinks in the foreground – enhanced by the colored privy mark "ANA Pittsburgh 2026".
- Material / fineness: 31.1 grams of the purest fine gold in top fineness 999.9/1,000 – that is, 24 karat without compromise.
- Manufacturer: Minted by the renowned Bavarian State Mint in Germany.
- Country of origin: Republic of Somalia, face value 1,000 shillings.
Once a year, the numismatic world gathers for the American Numismatic Association's World's Fair of Money. In 2026, Pittsburgh was the host: from August 25 to 29 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. For this very occasion, this special edition of the Gold Somalia Elephant series was released – in a quantity smaller than the number of dealer tables at such a show.
The design: African Wildlife meets show privy mark
The obverse shows the familiar elephant motif of the "African Wildlife" series: a bull elephant with pronounced tusks, a smaller companion behind it, a zebra at the waterhole in front, and the sun rising over the savannah above. The inscription reads AFRICAN WILDLIFE · ELEPHANT · 1 oz Au 999.9. In the upper left sits the circular, multicolored privy mark bearing the inscription "ANA Pittsburgh 2026" – the distinguishing feature that sets this issue apart from any standard year of issue. The reverse carries the national coat of arms of the Somali Republic: two upright leopards holding a shield with a five-pointed star, flanked by the year 2026 and the face value of 1,000 shillings. This makes this gold coin from Somalia official legal tender of the Republic of Somalia.
Technical specifications at a glance
- Denomination: 1 oz (fine weight 31.1 g)
- Fineness: 999.9/1,000 gold
- Diameter: 39.00 mm
- Face value: 1,000 shillings
- Year of issue: 2026, mintage: 100 pieces
- Condition: Brilliant Uncirculated (BU), brand new
- Delivery in a case – insured shipping
The Somalia Elephant has been minted in Germany since 2004, and since the elephant design changes every year, what was once conceived purely as a bullion coin has long since become a collecting field in its own right. Older years of issue are usually only available at a significant premium. Anyone collecting the series knows the pattern: the standard years of issue can be bought and sold at any time, while the show editions quickly disappear from the market. As a complement, the parallel silver coin with the same privy mark is a good option – though gold remains the big brother to the smaller silver here.
Why gold – and why this particular issue?
Gold is the world's oldest currency and a proven store of value for over 6,000 years. It has never had a value of zero, because its intrinsic value does not depend on trust in a government. The largest holders of gold are the central banks – remarkable, since they thereby hold a counterweight to their own product, fiat money. For private investors, there's an additional benefit: investment gold is exempt from VAT in Germany, tradable worldwide, and highly liquid. Profits from its sale are generally tax-free if the minimum holding period of one year is observed. This piece thus combines solid substance with the charm of a genuine rarity.
An ounce of fine gold keeps its shine. A mintage of 100 pieces, once gone, never comes back – once minted, it's minted.
Compared to classic gold coins such as the Krugerrand or Maple Leaf, which are produced in the millions and are defined mainly by their material value, this 1 oz gold coin plays in a different league: the premium is naturally higher than that of a standard bullion coin, but in return you get a numismatic one-of-a-kind with a collector's premium. Anyone wanting both – substance and rarity – likes to combine this issue with broadly diversified bullion coins or with products for crisis protection. For collectors of the series, the matter is clear anyway: with only 100 pieces, it's not the price that decides, but the speed.
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