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10 Leones
| Issuer | Bank of Sierra Leone |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of an intaglio-engraved dove in flight, carrying an olive branch in its beak, superimposed over a cartographic outline of Sierra Leone with place names indicated; the national tricolour flag at full mast rises behind the dove in polychrome guilloche underprint. A holographic security stripe occupies the right margin, bearing the BSL monogram and denomination numeral, while the lower right carries a white lion vignette within the BSL logo. Date "27th April 2022" and two facsimile signatures appear on the left panel above the serial number. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Hologram |
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Sierra Leone redenominated its currency in 2022, replacing the old Leone at a rate of 1000:1 — meaning this 10 Leone note is equivalent to the former 10,000 Leones denomination. The practical motivation was straightforward: by that point, everyday transactions routinely involved notes in the millions, and the new series was intended to rationalize a currency that had shed roughly 80% of its value against the dollar in the preceding decade.
De La Rue has been the primary supplier for Sierra Leone's notes for many years, making this a continuation of an established relationship rather than a new contract.