Catalog
1 Cedi
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 1965 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF GHANA THIS NOTE IS ISSUED ON STATUTORY AUTHORITY AND IS LEGAL TENDER IN GHANA FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT ONE CEDI ¢1 GOVERNOR |
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| Reverse lettering | ¢1 |
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Ghana's 1965 note series was the country's second currency issue, replacing the transitional pound-based system that had carried over from the colonial period after independence in 1957. The cedi was introduced at a rate of 100 pesewas, structured to break cleanly from the old shilling denominations — a deliberate administrative choice under Nkrumah's government to assert a fully independent monetary identity.
Thomas De La Rue printed the series in London, as they did for much of Anglophone Africa in this period. Within a year of issue, Nkrumah was deposed in the February 1966 coup, and the new military government eventually recalled and replaced the series — sharply limiting the window of active circulation for these notes.