1 Cedi

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.