The Millennium Year of the Dragon - 2000 Unc. Cupro Nickel $1 Coin - SLE

The Bank of Sierra Leone has approved the release of another Chinese oreintated coin in its Millennium Series. On this occasion, the coin itself celebrates the Lunar Year of the Dragon.

Those born in the year of Dragon are usually intelligent andn eloquent, but they should be careful not indulge too much in arguments!

The delightful design on this coin is based on a traditional porcelain design produced in China for many hundreds of years. Each coin bears the official GM2000 logo issued under licence by the National Maritime Museum on behalf of the Old Royal Observatory at Greenwich.

Although much sporting activity is curtaile at the moment, the main sporting arena in Sierra Leone was by the Chinese Government as a gift to the people and over the years, the Government of Sierra Leone has enjoyed relatively close ties with the Chinese Government and people. It is appropriate therefore that on this, the first Lunar Year of the New Millennium, that the Bank of Sierra Leone should be depicting this very Chinese image.