Live auction - fwo_340815 - SIERRA LEONE 20 Cents Sierra Leone Company 1791
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| Estimate : | 850 € |
| Price : | 570 € |
| Maximum bid : | 750 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 December 2014 17:13:02 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : 20 Cents Sierra Leone Company
Date: 1791
Quantity minted : 5200
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 902 ‰
Diameter : 24,50 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,40 g.
Edge : lisse
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire très agréable pour un type le plus souvent frustre et de toute façon très rare. Patine grise. Coup sur la tranche à 11 heures au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : SIERRA LEONE COMPANY // AFRICA.
Obverse description : Lion à gauche sur un tertre prêt à bondir.
Obverse translation : (Sierra Leone. Compagnie d’Afrique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : TWENTY CENT PIECE / 20 // 20 / 1791.
Reverse description : Deux mains jointes serrées.
Reverse translation : (Pièce de 20 centimes).
Historical background
SIERRA LEONE
From the 16th century, the coastal populations of Sierra Leone took part in the slave trade within the framework of the triangular trade set up by European merchants. In 1787, the British bought the peninsula which would become the capital Freetown. 400 blacks from London settled there. Then, the Sierra Leone Company helps black loyalists from North America who took refuge in Nova Scotia to settle there. In 1794, Sierra Leone became the first British colony in West Africa. The country became independent in 1961.
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