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| Issuer | Bank of Sierra Leone |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | At left, a portrait of President Siaka Stevens is set within an ornate frame against a red-brown guilloche underprint. To the right, a circular commemorative overprint bears the inscription 'COMMEMORATING THE ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY CONFERENCE - FREETOWN 1980' with the date '1ST JULY 1980'. Three facsimile signatures for the Governor, Deputy Governor, and Directors are arranged across the centre field. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents the Bank of Sierra Leone headquarters building in Freetown in a three-quarter perspective view with surrounding grounds. The national arms of Sierra Leone appear in an intaglio medallion at upper right, flanked on each side by the numeral '2'. Decorative rosette guilloche patterns fill the left and right margins in red-brown ink. |
| Reverse lettering | BANK OF SIERRA LEONE TWO LEONES THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY, LIMITED |
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