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