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10 Dollars Two Phoenix birds
| Issuer | Bank of Sierra Leone |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Two stylised phoenix birds are depicted in flight, arranged symmetrically around a centrally placed small date reading 2000. Chinese characters, including 鳳 (phoenix), appear in the upper field as a legend. Decorative branch-like ornamental elements flank the central design to the left and right. The denomination $10 appears incuse along the lower periphery. The overall composition reflects a Chinese cultural theme celebrating the millennium. |
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Sierra Leone's Year 2000 commemorative program was one of the most prolific — and commercially cynical — in modern numismatic history. The Bank of Sierra Leone licensed its name to a London-based marketing operation that churned out dozens of themed silver issues, most designed and struck in the UK with no meaningful connection to the issuing country. This piece is one of them.
KM#153 is a collector's market product, not a circulating or ceremonially significant coin of the Republic.