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⚫ The '''dollar''' was a currency issued in ] between 1791 and 1805. It was subdivided into 100 ] and was issued by the Sierra Leone Company. The dollar was pegged to ] at a rate of 1 dollar = 4 ]s 2 ].
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⚫ The '''dollar''' was a currency issued in ] between 1791 and 1805. It was subdivided into 100 ] and was issued by the ]. The dollar was pegged to ] at a rate of 1 dollar = 4 ]s 2 ].


==Coins==
All the coins featured a ] on one side and two shaking hands, one white, one black, on the other.


In 1791, coins were issued in denominations of 1, 10, 20, 50 cents, 1 penny and 1 dollar. The 1 cent and 1 penny were minted in bronze, the rest in silver. All the coins featured a ] on the obverse and two shaking hands, one white, one black, on the reverse.
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==References==
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* Frank, René: ''Die ersten Dollarmünzen der Geschichte'' ("The first Dollar coins in history - Extraordinary money in Sierra Leone") Munich 2012, {{ISBN|978-3-656-24169-0}}
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Currency
Sierra Leonean dollar

The dollar was a currency issued in Sierra Leone between 1791 and 1805. It was subdivided into 100 cents and was issued by the Sierra Leone Company. The dollar was pegged to sterling at a rate of 1 dollar = 4 shillings 2 pence.

Coins

In 1791, coins were issued in denominations of 1, 10, 20, 50 cents, 1 penny and 1 dollar. The 1 cent and 1 penny were minted in bronze, the rest in silver. All the coins featured a lion on the obverse and two shaking hands, one white, one black, on the reverse.

References

  • Krause, Chester L.; Clifford Mishler (1978). Standard Catalog of World Coins: 1979 Edition. Colin R. Bruce II (senior editor) (5th ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0873410203.
  • Frank, René: Die ersten Dollarmünzen der Geschichte ("The first Dollar coins in history - Extraordinary money in Sierra Leone") Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-656-24169-0
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