1 oz Silver Somalia 100 Shilling Elephant ANA African Wildlife 2026
- Strictly limited: 1,000 pieces worldwide
- Colored emblem: Pittsburgh show
- Minting tradition: for over 850 years
- Strictly limitedShow editions like this appear only in tiny mintages
- Colored emblemMulticolored, it commemorates North America's largest coin show
- Minting traditionStruck by the Bavarian Main Mint in Munich
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Somalia Elephant, 1 ounce Silver
A new elephant every year,here with a privy mark.
1 ounce of silver, 2026 issue with the privy mark of the ANA World’s Fair of Money.
Somalia Elephant, 1 ounce Silver, design side, image
1 ounce of silver, 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
With a privy mark
For coin fairs, the elephant appears with a privy mark, a small sign in the coin’s design: 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 100 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.
Silver, 1 ounce and 1 kilogram
1 ounce38.6 mm
1 kg100 mm
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
At a glance
- Issuing country
- Somalia
- Face value
- 100 Shillings
- Metal
- Silver
- Weight
- 1 ounce
- Fineness
- 999.9
- Diameter
- 38.6 mm
- Year
- 2026
- Quality
- Brilliant uncirculated
One year, one elephant.
This one bears the sign of the World’s Fair of Money.
1 oz Silver Somalia Elephant 2026 – ANA Special Edition, Limited to 1,000 Pieces
A waterhole in the vast savannah, two elephants in the morning light, a zebra drinking – and in the upper left corner a colored privy mark commemorating North America's largest coin show. This issue of the African Wildlife series is not just an ounce of silver. It is a strictly limited trade-show edition that appeals to investors and collectors alike.
- Investment goal: bullion coin offering an inflation hedge and value preservation – small units like this ounce also serve as a convenient form of crisis protection.
- Design: a bull elephant with fellow elephants at a waterhole, accompanied by a zebra – enhanced with the colored privy mark "ANA Pittsburgh 2026".
- Material / fineness: 31.1 grams of fine silver, fineness 999.9/1,000 – the highest purity level, bright Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) finish.
- Manufacturer: struck by the renowned Bavarian State Mint (Bayerisches Hauptmünzamt).
- Country of issue: Somalia – legal tender with a face value of 100 Shillings.
- Mintage: only 1,000 pieces worldwide, year of issue 2026, delivered in a coin capsule.
The 2026 Design: Africa's Giants at the Oasis
Since 2004, the elephant design of the series has changed every year – which is exactly what makes the Silver Somalia Elephant so appealing to year-set collectors. The 2026 design features a calm, almost cinematic scene: a powerful bull with long tusks stands at the water's edge, a second elephant approaches across the dry plain, and in the foreground a zebra lowers its head to drink. Above, the sun shines, surrounded by the inscriptions "AFRICAN WILDLIFE" and "ELEPHANT" as well as the details 1 oz Ag 9999. The value side shows the national coat of arms of the Somali Republic: two upright leopards holding a shield with a five-pointed star, flanked by the year 20–26 and the denomination 100 Shillings.
The "ANA Pittsburgh 2026" Privy Mark
The real highlight is in the upper left field. There, the coin carries a small, multicolored privy mark commemorating the World's Fair of Money of the American Numismatic Association, which will take place in Pittsburgh from August 25 to 29, 2026. Such trade-show editions are traditionally issued in very small mintages – in this case just 1,000 pieces for the entire world market. By comparison, the regular bullion version of the same year is minted in well into the six figures. This difference is precisely why privy mark editions of the series have been sought after on the collector market for years.
Why This 1 oz Silver Coin Convinces
- Dual character: the full material value of one ounce of silver plus added numismatic appeal through its limited mintage.
- German minting quality: the Bavarian State Mint in Munich looks back on a tradition spanning more than 850 years – sharpness and surface quality speak for themselves.
- Globally recognized format: 38.60 mm diameter, 31.1 g gross weight – the familiar size of standard ounce coins, fitting standard capsules and collector boxes.
- Tax aspect: profits from the sale of silver are generally tax-free after a holding period of at least one year.
- Liquidity: the Somalia Elephant is internationally established and can be resold at any time.
Silver – Monetary Metal, Industrial Metal, Tangible Asset
Silver has accompanied humanity for thousands of years as a coinage metal and store of value. Unlike fiat money, whose purchasing power depends on trust in governments, this metal has intrinsic value: electronics, photovoltaics, and medical technology consume it permanently, while extractable reserves remain limited. Anyone holding silver coins in a safe owns a tangible asset that can, if necessary, also be exchanged in small increments – an argument that carries more weight than any statistic during times of currency uncertainty.
Gold is humanity's oldest currency and has outlived every paper currency. Silver has always been its little brother – the metal of everyday trade, tangible, divisible, incorruptible.
Who This Edition Is Suited For
Collectors of the African Wildlife series will find it hard to pass up this issue: it fills the 2026 year gap and additionally adds an event privy mark that will never be repeated. Investors, in turn, receive a piece of precious metal with a clear material core that plays the same role in a portfolio as an ordinary bullion coin – only with a significantly smaller mintage. Those wishing to build the series along two tracks can gladly combine the Silver Somalia Elephant with the gold issues of the same design year. And compared to classics like the Krugerrand or Maple Leaf, which display the same image year after year, the Elephant scores points with its fresh design – though bullion classics are more widely distributed when it comes to resale. Both have their place. However, this special edition of just 1,000 pieces plays in a league of its own.
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