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10 Dollars Egyptian Goddess Isis
| Issuer | Sierra Leone |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Diameter | 38.6 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays the Arms of Sierra Leone at center, featuring a shield supported by two rampant lions, with two palm trees rising behind the shield and a ribbon below bearing the national motto. The Pobjoy Mint privy mark appears in the lower left field of the arms. The legend REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE arcs along the upper periphery, while the date 2023 is inscribed in the lower field. The design is surrounded by a beaded border with a finely milled outer rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE 2023 |
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Sierra Leone has issued collector-oriented silver rounds under its legal tender framework since the early 2000s, a practice common among smaller nations that license their monetary authority to private minting operations — in this case almost certainly the Coin Invest Trust (CIT) or a comparable European contractor. The coins circulate nowhere and are produced entirely for the numismatic market.
Isis worship spread from Egypt across the Roman Empire by the first century AD, reaching as far as Roman Britain. Her cult outlasted most of the classical pantheon, surviving into the sixth century before Justinian ordered the closure of her last active temple at Philae in 535 AD.