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5 Leones
| Issuer | Bank of Sierra Leone |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Reference(s) | P#12 |
| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of President Siaka Stevens at left, wearing a traditional cap, set against a purple and violet guilloche underprint. Three facsimile signatures appear at centre — Governor, Deputy Governor, and two Directors — alongside a decorative leaf sprig. A commemorative circular inscription at right reads 'COMMEMORATING THE ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY CONFERENCE · FREETOWN 1980', dated 1st July 1980, with the numeral '5' in rosette panels at each corner. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of the Parliament building in Freetown, rendered in fine intaglio line work with a modernist architectural style, flanked by a multicolour guilloche rosette at left and the national coat of arms at upper right. Tropical foliage vignettes appear in the lower corners, and the printer's imprint 'THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED' is visible at the base. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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