Sierra Leone 1976 2 leones

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued by Sierra Leone as part of the F.A.O. series. Sierra Leone was established around 1807 as a settlement for freed slaves under British protection and later became a British colony. During colonial times, it used the coinage of British West Africa. Sierra Leone obtained its independence in 1961 but has several times lapsed into vicious civil war, fed by diamond mines.

Recorded mintage: 20,000.

Specification: copper-nickel, 30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 29.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1980 ½ cent
• 1980 cent
• 1980 20 cents
• 1980 50 cents
• 1980 5 golde, O.A.U. summit conference
• 1984 5 cents
• 1984 10 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1976
• return to coins of Sierra Leone