Sierra Leone has issued dozens of wildlife and dinosaur-themed collector coins since the 1990s, most produced by overseas minting houses targeting the novelty bullion market rather than domestic circulation. This piece almost certainly never reached Freetown in any meaningful quantity.
The Iguanodon holds a specific place in paleontological history — it was one of the three genera that formed the basis for Richard Owen's formal definition of Dinosauria in 1842.
Sierra Leone has issued dozens of wildlife and dinosaur-themed collector coins since the 1990s, most produced by overseas minting houses targeting the novelty bullion market rather than domestic circulation. This piece almost certainly never reached Freetown in any meaningful quantity.
The Iguanodon holds a specific place in paleontological history — it was one of the three genera that formed the basis for Richard Owen's formal definition of Dinosauria in 1842.