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10 Dollars Egyptian God Anubis
| Issuer | Bank of Sierra Leone |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 31.103 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a vivid colorized effigy of Anubis, the ancient Egyptian jackal-headed god of the afterlife, depicted in full standing figure facing the viewer, dressed in a striped nemes headdress and traditional pharaonic regalia, holding a Was scepter in one hand. Radiating sunburst lines emanate from behind the deity, filling the upper field. To the left, a blue-outlined triangle encloses a panel of colored hieroglyphic symbols, while columns of raised hieroglyphic inscriptions adorn the right field, evoking an ancient Egyptian temple wall. An image of the scales of justice appears in the upper right field. The denomination '$10' is inscribed in the lower central field in Latin lettering. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Sierra Leone has no meaningful connection to ancient Egyptian religion, and Anubis has no place in West African numismatic tradition. This piece belongs to a category of privately designed legal-tender coins produced under licensing arrangements with smaller sovereign issuers — a practice that accelerated sharply after 2010 as mint marketing firms sought face-value authority without the constraints of a national collecting program. The Bank of Sierra Leone has issued dozens of such contracts.
KM# 1520 reflects how crowded this niche has become by 2023.