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2 Cedis - Elizabeth II Tooth Fairy
| Issuer | Ghana |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Weight | 15.57 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, set within an ornate scrollwork and filigree inner border occupying the central field. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the left rim and REPUBLIC OF GHANA along the upper right rim, with TWO CEDIS descending along the lower right. The date 2022 and the fineness mark Ag999 appear in the lower exergual area. The engraver's initials IRB are visible beneath the portrait. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Ghana's "Tooth Fairy" coin is part of a broader wave of legal-tender novelty silver issues that the country's mint authority has licensed to European distributors — primarily targeting the collector gift market rather than any domestic monetary purpose. The arrangement is commercially pragmatic: Ghana lends its sovereign issuing authority, the distributor handles design, marketing, and sales, and the coins never meaningfully circulate.
Elizabeth II's effigy appears here under the authority she held until her death in September 2022, making this among the final Ghanaian issues struck under her name.