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| 表面の説明 | A lion couchant facing left occupies the central field, rendered in high relief with a finely detailed mane; its tail curves upward behind the body. The animal rests upon a rocky ground line. The circular legend SIERRA LEONE COMPANY arcs along the upper periphery, while the word AFRICA appears in large letters along the lower margin, all within a beaded border. |
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| 裏面の説明 | The central device depicts two clasped hands in handshake, symbolising trade and accord, rendered in bold relief against a plain field. The numeral 50 appears above the clasped hands and again below them, flanking the date 1791 at the very base. The circular legend HALF DOLLAR PIECE runs around the full periphery, reading clockwise, all contained within a beaded border. |
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The Sierra Leone Company was a British abolitionist venture granted a royal charter in 1792 to govern the Province of Freedom settlement at Freetown. These copper tokens were struck in Birmingham ahead of the formal charter, intended to facilitate commerce in a colony being built largely by freed Black Loyalists evacuated from Nova Scotia. The Company's coinage was one of the earliest attempts to establish a formal monetary system in West Africa under British auspices.
The 1791 dating places production before the Company had legal standing to govern — a detail that reflects how far ahead of its administrative reality the enterprise was operating.