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2 Cedis Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci
| Issuer | Ghana |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara; the engraver's initials IRB appear below the portrait truncation. The circular legend along the upper rim reads ELIZABETH II · REPUBLIC OF GHANA, with 2 CEDIS to the right. The lower rim bears the date 2022, the Ghanaian coat of arms, and the metallic specification TI .990 1 OZ, all within a raised border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II · REPUBLIC OF GHANA · 2 CEDIS · 2022 TI .990 1 OZ · |
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Ghana has issued a long-running series of titanium 2 Cedis coins honoring scientists and innovators, and this piece commemorates the Turkish-German oncologists who co-founded BioNTech and led development of one of the first authorized mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. The couple had spent years working on mRNA technology as a potential cancer therapy before pivoting the platform to infectious disease in January 2020 — before most governments had declared a public health emergency.
Titanium blanks present consistent striking challenges for most mints, and Ghana's commemorative program contracts these pieces to European producers, not the Ghana Mint itself.