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1 Dollar Pterodactylus
| Issuer | Bank of Sierra Leone |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the coat of arms of Sierra Leone in high relief at center, featuring two lions rampant flanking a shield, with palm trees above and a native bird atop the crest. The national motto 'UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE' is inscribed on a ribbon beneath the arms. The circular legend 'REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE' runs along the upper periphery, while the date '2015' appears in the lower field. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE 2015 |
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Sierra Leone has issued a long-running series of prehistoric creature dollars aimed squarely at the thematic collector market, with pieces struck by various European mints on contract. The Pterodactylus — technically a small Late Jurassic pterosaur from the Solnhofen limestone deposits of Bavaria, not the oversized beast of popular imagination — lends its name here somewhat loosely.
KM#445 saw limited secondary market absorption outside specialist thematic sets.