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10 Dollars Marian Shrines - Mariazell
| Issuer | Bank of Sierra Leone |
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| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Collector coin |
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| Obverse description | At centre-left, the national coat of arms of Sierra Leone depicts two lions rampant flanking a shield, with palm trees above and a scroll below. To the right of the arms, a vertical rectangular inset contains a blue holographic or coloured insert representing holy water. The legend REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE arcs along the upper periphery in Latin script. The denomination $10 appears below the coat of arms, and the date 2009 is inscribed at the bottom of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Mariazell, Austria's most visited pilgrimage site, draws roughly a million visitors annually to the Gothic basilica housing the 12th-century limewood statue of the Madonna. Sierra Leone's involvement here is purely commercial — the country became a favored issuing authority for European collector coin programs in the 2000s, lending its legal tender status to themes that have no connection to West Africa whatsoever.