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5000 Leones
| Issuer | Bank of Sierra Leone |
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| Year | 2010-2021 |
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| Value | 5000 Leones (5000 SLL) |
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| Reverse lettering | 5000 BANK OF SIERRA LEONE 5000 5000 FIVE THOUSAND LEONES DE LA RUE |
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| Protection description | Lion head watermark and electrotype 5000; embedded security thread; diamond-shaped holographic patch with repeated BSL lettering at left of obverse; colour-shifting optically variable ink numeral at lower right of reverse. |
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The 5000 Leones was the highest denomination in regular circulation for most of the period covered by this series, a position that reflects the sustained inflationary pressure Sierra Leone experienced following the eleven-year civil war that ended in 2002. By the time this note entered circulation, the Leone had lost the vast majority of its pre-war purchasing power, making a 5000-unit note a practical daily necessity rather than a large-value instrument.
Thomas De La Rue's involvement with Sierra Leonean currency dates back decades, and the security package here — OVI ink alongside a hologram strip — places it firmly in the post-2000 West African upgrading wave, when several ECOWAS-adjacent central banks standardized on similar De La Rue feature sets.