Sierra Leonean dollar
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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.
All the coins featured a lion on one side and two shaking hands, one white, one black, on the other.
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