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Sierra Leone banknotes
Sierra Leone paper money catalog and Sierra Leone currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • British currency, till 1907
  • British West Africa Pound = 20 Shillings = 240 Pence, 1907-64
  • Leone = (1/2 British West Africa Pound) = 100 Cents, from 1964

• For earlier issues see:
  • British West Africa, 1913-1964

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Pick #	Date
		Republic (British Colony till 1961; British West Africa)
1-3	(1964-70)	1, 2, 5 Leones
4-8	1974-85	50 cents, 1, 2, 5, 10 Leones
9-13	1980	50 cents, 1, 2, 5, 10 Leones; commemorative overprint "Organization of African Unity Conference, Freetown 1980"
14	1982-84	20 Leones
15-21	1988-93	10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 Leones
23-25	1995-2000	500, 1.000, 2.000 Leones
27-	2002-4	1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 10.000 Leones
27-29	2002-4	1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 10.000 Leones
30-	2010-	1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 10.000 Leones

		Collector Series
CS1	(1979)	50 cents, 1, 2, 5 Leones; specimen (Franklin Mint)