½ Cent

½ Cent - obverse½ Cent - reverse

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Features

Issuer Sierra Leone
Prime minister Milton Margai (1961-1964)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1964
Value ½ Cent (0.005 SLL)
Currency Leone (1964-2023)
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 2.83 g
Diameter 20.2 mm
Thickness 1.25 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized 1 January 2024
Number
N#
194809
References KM# 16a
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Obverse

Value in number divides two fishes, around, value in letters, name of the country and date. Ethmalosa fimbriata, the Bonga shad, is an important fish resource in coastal lagoons.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
·SIERRA LEONE·
HALF CENT·1964

Reverse

Portrait of Sir Milton Margai facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITY·FREEDOM·JUSTICE

·SIR MILTON MARGAI·

Edge

Smooth

Mint

Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)

Comments

Off-metal striking.

The normal coin is a bronze coin.

The 1964 coinage was the first struck for the Dominion of Sierra Leone (1964 - 1971).

Sir Milton Margai was a Prime Minister of Sierra Leone.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1964  22 Proof

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