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2 Cedis - Elizabeth II Scorpio
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 2 Cedis |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, modeled in high relief with finely detailed hair and crown. The engraver's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the bust. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim, REPUBLIC OF GHANA along the upper rim, and TWO CEDIS along the right rim. The fineness mark Ag999 is inscribed in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ghana's zodiac bullion series, launched in the early 2020s, was part of a broader push by the Bank of Ghana to develop a collectible silver program competing with established African sovereign issues from the South African Mint and the East African Trading Company market. The 2 Cedi denomination exists purely as a legal tender vehicle for the bullion format — it bears no meaningful relationship to the cedi's actual purchasing power, which had been under sustained pressure from dollar-denominated debt servicing costs Ghana was managing through the same period.