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E-auction 393-306076 - fwo_622053 - SIERRA LEONE 1 Penny Sierra Leone Company 1791

SIERRA LEONE 1 Penny Sierra Leone Company 1791  F
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Estimate : 30 €
Price : 17 €
Maximum bid : 18 €
End of the sale : 26 October 2020 17:08:00
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : 1 Penny Sierra Leone Company
Date: 1791
Quantity minted : -
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 18,64 g.
Edge : lisse
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 : ONE PENNY PIECE // 1 / 1 // 1791.
Reverse description : mains serrées.

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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