Description
About the Design:
Obverse
Coat of Arms
Lettering:
REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE
HALF CENT 1980
Reverse
Lettering:
UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE
DR SIAKA STEVEN
Edge
Smooth
Comments
Coat of Arms: The shield on the arms depicts a lion beneath a zigzag border, representing the Lion Mountains, after which the country (SIERRA LEONE)was named. It also shows three torches which are meant to symbolize peace and dignity. At the base are wavy bars depicting the sea.
Serra da Leoa (Portuguese for Lioness Mountains). This geographic formation in Spanish was called as Sierra Leona & finally mis-spelt in English to become Sierra Leone
Composition Bronze
Weight 2.85 g
Diameter 20.2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
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