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1 Dollar Big Five Series Rhino
| Issuer | Bank of Sierra Leone |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the full coat of arms of the Republic of Sierra Leone at centre, depicting a shield supported by two rampant lions, surmounted by two palm trees, with a scrolled ribbon below bearing the national motto. The legend REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE arcs along the upper periphery in bold Latin lettering, while UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE appears on the motto ribbon within the arms. The date 2019 is inscribed in the lower field beneath the arms. The entire design is set within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | RHINO 1 DOLLAR |
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Sierra Leone's Big Five series was produced for the collector market rather than domestic circulation — the country's everyday coinage runs to leones, not dollars, and a USD-denominated copper-nickel piece had no practical monetary role in Freetown. These issues were struck under license by overseas minting contractors and distributed almost entirely through numismatic channels in Europe and North America.
The black rhinoceros, native to sub-Saharan Africa but not Sierra Leone itself, had been functionally extinct across West Africa for decades by the time this coin was issued.