Catalog
2 Cedis
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 1972-1978 |
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| Currency | Second cedi (1967-2007) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of a left-facing male bust with a short beard, a hoe resting over his right shoulder, occupying the right half of the note. To the centre-left, a large five-pointed star guilloche vignette bears the inscription BANK OF GHANA, surrounded by fine lathe-work underprint in green and ochre tones. Denomination numeral 2 appears in a circular guilloche panel at upper right, with additional numeral 2 in teal at lower left alongside traditional Ghanaian decorative motifs. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF GHANA TWO CEDIS 2 |
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Ghana's 1972 cedi series was introduced following the military coup of January 13th that year — the National Redemption Council under Acheampong moved quickly to replace the Busia government's currency as part of a broader assertion of control over financial institutions. The timing of this note's signature date, June 21, places it among the earliest issues under the reconstituted Bank of Ghana leadership.
J. J. Ansah and G. Nikoi signed as the first pairing on this series, a combination that appears only on the 1972-dated notes before later signature changes took the series into the late 1970s.