500 Leones Bank Of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone's 500 Leones issues of the early 2000s were produced during one of the country's most difficult postwar periods, following the decade-long civil war that officially ended in 2002. The economy was in reconstruction, and commemorative bronze pieces of this weight were largely destined for collector markets rather than domestic circulation — the Leone's purchasing power made a 500-unit coin of negligible practical use to most Sierra Leoneans at the time.