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10 Leones
| Issuer | Bank of Sierra Leone |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Value | 10 Leones (10 SLL) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of President Siaka Stevens at left, set against fine guilloche underprint in blue and purple tones. At centre-right, a circular commemorative overprint in red reads 'Commemorating the Organisation of African Unity Conference - Freetown 1980 - 1st July 1980', with a map-of-Africa emblem at upper left. The bank title 'Bank of Sierra Leone' appears at top, with the promise clause and three facsimile signatures of the Governor, Deputy Governor, and Directors below. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a large industrial diamond dredger on water, rendered in intaglio in blue-violet tones. The bank title 'Bank of Sierra Leone' is printed at top, with the denomination numeral '10' at both left and right margins within ornate guilloche rosettes. The inscription 'TEN LEONES' appears in a solid panel at the bottom centre, and the printer's imprint 'THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED' is visible at lower left. The national arms appear as a small vignette at upper right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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