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10 Cedis Busy Ants
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Shape | Round (High relief, selective gilding) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II REPUBLIC OF GHANA TEN CEDIS Ag999 2022 2 oz |
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Ghana's "Busy Ants" issue belongs to a broader wave of African wildlife-themed bullion coinage that the Bank of Ghana has developed since the late 2010s, partly to capture premium collector markets in Europe and North America where demand for exotic-jurisdiction silver has grown steadily. The 2022 date places it squarely in a period when Ghana was navigating a severe currency crisis — the cedi lost roughly half its value against the dollar that year — making the foreign-exchange revenue from export-oriented numismatic silver genuinely meaningful to the issuing authority.