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1 Cedi
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 1967-1971 |
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| Currency | Second cedi (1967-2007) |
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| Obverse description | The right portion of the note carries an intaglio vignette of a cocoa branch with pods, accompanied by a five-pointed star and a circular Bank of Ghana seal. The centre is dominated by an elaborate guilloche underprint in yellow and blue tones, with the denomination 'ONE CEDI' in script lettering at the foot. The date and Governor's signature appear below the central field. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF GHANA ONE CEDI 1 |
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Ghana's decimal redenomination of 1965 replaced the pound-based system with the cedi and pesewa, but the first cedi notes were tied too closely — symbolically and politically — to Nkrumah's government. After the February 1966 coup that removed him, the National Liberation Council moved quickly to issue a redesigned series. This note, entering circulation in 1967, was part of that deliberate break.
De La Rue handled the full series. The watermark is the sole mechanical security feature — modest even by the standards of the period, though consistent with what the Bank of Ghana was specifying for low-denomination issues at the time.