Evidence coverage: 1964–2023. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Leone introduced4August1964 at10shillings; contemporary centralbank accounts use leones while WACB currency withdrawn. Original contemporary account history resolves succession; withdrawal endpoint not required.
Sources and qualifications →Same leone continuity: 1 new unit replaces 1,000 old units.
C427, C431Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
The UN reports Sierra Leone introduced the leone on 4 August 1964, equal to ten shillings and subdivided into 100 cents.
C418BSL’s newsletter reports new leone circulation on 1 July 2022 at one new unit for 1,000 old.
C427The IMF reports old-leone legal tender ended in December 2023; old notes remained exchangeable at BSL in its 2024 account.
C429The IMF reports old-leone legal tender ended in December 2023; old notes remained exchangeable at BSL in its 2024 account.
C429Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
The Bank of Sierra Leone equates 240 old pence with two leones; its separate divide-the-pound-by-1.2 wording is inconsistent.
Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R0143. Original contemporary account history resolves succession; withdrawal endpoint not required. Replacement evidence: C1576.
Redenomination introduction, explicit examples
The phrase dividing the pound by 1.2 conflicts with the explicit pence examples; only the explicit 240-pence-to-two-leones equivalence is used.
The modern leone rescaling divides nominal amounts by 1,000.
Redenomination introduction, final paragraph
The phrase dividing the pound by 1.2 conflicts with the explicit pence examples; only the explicit 240-pence-to-two-leones equivalence is used.
The UN reports Sierra Leone introduced the leone on 4 August 1964, equal to ten shillings and subdivided into 100 cents.
printed p.100, opening paragraph
Provides issue date and unit relationship; does not establish complete withdrawal/redemption rules.
The first central-bank statement, dated 31 August 1964, still held WACB notes and coins among its assets.
printed p.100, opening paragraph; not proof of general legal tender
Provides issue date and unit relationship; does not establish complete withdrawal/redemption rules.
BSL’s newsletter reports new leone circulation on 1 July 2022 at one new unit for 1,000 old.
p.4, New Money, Same Value
Cover period ends June, while body reports 1 July circulation.
Use body for the event; publication date is not inferred from a later web crawl.
The IMF reports old-leone legal tender ended in December 2023; old notes remained exchangeable at BSL in its 2024 account.
paragraph 34 and Box 5, pp.22–23
Old-leone tender ended in December 2023; report does not specify the day.
Continued BSL exchange is an observation as of the 2024 report, not a current guarantee.
The 2022 leone rescaling remains a same-line event; the old-note withdrawal does not terminate the leone continuity.
editorial synthesis of p.4 and S199 paragraph 34
Cover period ends June, while body reports 1 July circulation.
Use body for the event; publication date is not inferred from a later web crawl.
paragraph 34
Old-leone tender ended in December 2023; report does not specify the day.
Continued BSL exchange is an observation as of the 2024 report, not a current guarantee.
Leone introduced4August1964 at10shillings; contemporary centralbank accounts use leones while WACB currency withdrawn.
Claim-specific locators in evidence register
Provides issue date and unit relationship; does not establish complete withdrawal/redemption rules.