Catalog
2 Leones FAO
| Issuer | Bank of Sierra Leone |
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| Year | 1976 |
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| Currency | Leone (1964-2023) |
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| Obverse lettering | FAO REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR AFRICA 1976 FOOD AND WORK FOR ALL SIERRA LEONE 2 TWO LEONES |
| Reverse description | Central field bears a bold right-facing portrait bust of Dr. Siaka Stevens, President of Sierra Leone, rendered in high relief against a plain field. The national motto UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE curves around the upper periphery, with bullet-point separators between each word. The name DR. SIAKA STEVENS runs along the lower rim in a similar curved legend, also separated by bullet points, completing the circular inscription around the portrait. |
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Sierra Leone's 1976 FAO issues were part of the Food and Agriculture Organization's global coin program, which recruited member nations to mint circulating commemoratives promoting agricultural development and food security initiatives. For Sierra Leone, a country whose economy remained heavily dependent on subsistence farming and diamond exports following independence in 1961, participation carried genuine domestic relevance rather than being purely ceremonial.
The FAO program at its peak involved over 100 countries and was quietly one of the most ambitious numismatic coordination efforts of the 20th century — largely forgotten now.