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10 Dollars Marian Shrines - Lourdes
| Issuer | Bank of Sierra Leone |
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| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse description | At center-left, the national coat of arms of Sierra Leone is depicted in high relief, featuring two lions rampant supporting a shield adorned with symbolic motifs, surmounted by two palm trees and with a scroll bearing the national motto. To the right of the arms, a rectangular inset contains a sealed vial of holy water from Lourdes set within a raised beaded frame. The circular legend 'REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE' arcs along the upper rim, with 'UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE' incorporated within the coat of arms scroll. The denomination '$10' appears below the arms, and the date '2009' is inscribed along the lower field. The entire design is framed by a fine toothed border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Sierra Leone has issued commemorative silver dollars under the "Marian Shrines" series targeting the Catholic devotional collector market — a niche the country's mint authority exploited aggressively through the 2000s by licensing themed series with no domestic connection to the subject matter. Lourdes, the Pyrenean town where Bernadette Soubirous reported apparitions in 1858, draws roughly five million pilgrims annually, making it the busiest Marian pilgrimage site in the world.
KM#353 is a bullion-weight issue with no meaningful tie to Sierra Leone's monetary history.