The Banknotes of Sierra Leone

Banknote production status: CURRENT.

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Want an up-to-date, informative, full-color catalog of Sierra Leone banknotes? Try The Banknote Book by Owen Linzmayer!
The first catalog number in each listing below is from The Banknote Book.

Bank of Sierra Leone (1964-present)

BSL B1c P1c	1 Leone (1970)
Signature 4. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BSL B2d P2d	2 Leones (1970)
Signature 4. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BSL B3a P3a	5 Leones (4.8.1964)
Signature 1. Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BSL B4e P4e	50 Cents 4th August 1984
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BSL B5d P5d	1 Leone 1st July 1981
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BSL B5e P5e	1 Leone 4th August 1984
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BSL B6h P6h	2 Leones 4th August 1985
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BSL B8c P8c	10 Leones 4th August 1984
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BSL B9b P14b	20 Leones 24th August 1984
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BSL B10a P15	10 Leones 27th April 1988
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BSL B11a P16	20 Leones 27th April 1988
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BSL B12b P17b	50 Leones 27th April 1989
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BSL B13c P18c	100 Leones 26th Sept 1990
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BSL B14a P19	500 Leones 27th April 1991
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BSL B15a P20	1000 Leones 4th August 1993
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BSL B17a P23	500 Leones 27th April 1995
Images courtesy Tod Hunt

BSL B21a P24	1000 Leones 1st February 2002
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

BSL B22a P26	2000 Leones 1st February 2002
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BSL B23a P27	5000 Leones 1st February 2002
Images courtesy www.CurrencyMuseum.net and a licensed under the Creative Commons: Attribution 2.5 License.

BSL B23b P27	5000 Leones 1st March 2003
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BSL B24a P29	10,000 Leones 4th August 2004
Images courtesy Ron Wise

BSL B28a Pnew	10,000 Leones 27th April 2010
Images courtesy Tristan White

BSL BNP2 P9	50 Cents 1st July 1980
Numismatic product. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

BSL BNP3 P10	1 Leone 1st July 1980
Numismatic product. Images courtesy Owen Linzmayer, author of the Banknote Book

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