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1 Cedi
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 2019-2022 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Front-facing portrait busts of the six founding fathers of Ghana — Kwame Nkrumah, Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, Edward Akufo-Addo, Joseph Boakye Danquah, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey, and William Ofori Atta — arranged at right against a guilloche underprint. The Independence Arch vignette occupies the centre, with the national arms at lower centre and a black star at left. The overall colour scheme is predominantly red and gold. |
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| Reverse description | An aerial-perspective vignette of the Akosombo hydroelectric dam occupies the left and centre of the note, rendered in deep red and gold intaglio tones against a pink and rose guilloche background. The denomination numeral "1" appears in large format at lower left in gold, alongside the "GH¢1" designation, while "BANK OF GHANA" is boldly inscribed at lower right with a gold bar stack security element adjacent. The denomination "GH¢1" is repeated at upper right, and the vertical legend "ONE CEDI" runs along the left margin. |
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Ghana's 1 Cedi has occupied an awkward position in the currency hierarchy for years — valuable enough to retain as a denomination, but low enough that production costs relative to face value have periodically pushed Ghana toward polymer alternatives for higher denominations. The 2019 series kept the 1 Cedi on cotton paper while other denominations migrated to polymer substrate, a deliberate tiering decision by the Bank of Ghana rather than an oversight.
De La Rue's involvement with Ghanaian currency dates back decades, though the relationship has not been without tension — Ghana was among several African central banks that diversified printing contracts in the 2010s amid concerns over cost and exclusivity. This note represents continued, if partial, reliance on that arrangement.