Catalog
1 Cedi Starry Night
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Currency | Third cedi (2007-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF GHANA FREEDOM AND JUSTICE 5g Ag 999 · 1 CEDI · 2026 |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a full-colour reproduction of Vincent van Gogh's iconic masterpiece 'The Starry Night' (1889), faithfully rendered across the entire rectangular field. The composition depicts a tumultuous night sky filled with swirling luminous whorls, radiant star bursts, and a glowing crescent moon in the upper right, all executed in Van Gogh's distinctive dynamic brushstroke style in shades of deep blue, indigo, and yellow. A tall dark cypress tree dominates the left foreground, while a tranquil village with a prominent church spire and rolling hills occupies the lower centre and right. The scene is reproduced in vivid polychrome colour printing applied to the milled silver surface, faithfully capturing the Post-Impressionist aesthetic of the original oil painting. No legends or inscriptions appear on the reverse. |
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Ghana's cedi has been through considerable turbulence — the currency lost roughly half its value against the dollar in 2022 alone as the country entered its worst debt crisis in a generation, eventually requiring an IMF bailout. A commemorative silver issue from the Bank of Ghana in this climate is a foreign-market product, struck almost certainly by a European contract mint for collector export rather than domestic circulation.
The "Starry Night" name places this in a well-worn category of licensed fine-art bullion pieces. At 5 grams, it falls below the weight of most standard sovereign issues.