Sierra Leonean leone
- Dates in use
- Still in use; introduction date not established here
- Currency code
- SLE
- Ancestry branch
- Sterling
Its place in the family
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Sierra Leonean leone
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No successor is established here.
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Sierra Leonean leone
West African Currency Board pound
Pound sterling
Frankish denier–livre
Roman solidus–nomisma
Roman as–denarius accounting
Earlier ancestry is not established here.
The story
The modern leone rescaling divides nominal amounts by 1,000. [1]
Turning points
First issue
The UN reports Sierra Leone introduced the leone on August 4, 1964, equal to ten shillings and subdivided into 100 cents. [2]
Redenominated as
Same leone continuity: 1 new unit replaces 1,000 old units. [3] [4]
Rescaled cash launch
BSL’s newsletter reports new leone circulation on July 1, 2022 at one new unit for 1,000 old. [3]
Old scale cash tender end
The IMF reports old-leone legal tender ended in December 2023; old notes remained exchangeable at BSL in its 2024 account. [5]
Sources and evidence
- Bank of Sierra Leone · Redenomination — Introduction
- United Nations Economic Commission for Africa · Economic Bulletin for Africa, Vol.VI No.1, January 1966 (E/CN.14/396)
- Bank of Sierra Leone, Financial Inclusion Secretariat · Financial Inclusion Newsletter, Issue No.1, Jan–Jun 2022
- Bank of Sierra Leone, Financial Inclusion Secretariat · Financial Inclusion Newsletter, Issue No.1, Jan–Jun 2022; International Monetary Fund · Sierra Leone: 2024 Article IV Consultation, IMF Country Report No.24/321
- International Monetary Fund · Sierra Leone: 2024 Article IV Consultation, IMF Country Report No.24/321
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“Sierra Leonean leone.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000645.html