Catalog
5 Cedis
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 2019-2022 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Front-facing busts of the six founding fathers of Ghana — Kwame Nkrumah, Ebenezer Ako-Adjei, Edward Akufo-Addo, Joseph Boakye Danquah, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey, and William Ofori Atta — arranged at right within an intaglio vignette. The Independence Arch appears at centre, flanked by fine guilloche underprint, with the national arms at lower centre and a five-pointed star at left. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF GHANA GH¢5 THIS NOTE IS ISSUED ON STATUTORY AUTHORITY AND IS LEGAL TENDER FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY AMOUNT FIVE FIVE CEDIS FREEDOM AND JUSTICE |
| Reverse description | Central vignette comprises the Balme Library rotunda and clock tower of the University of Ghana at left centre, overlaid by a large sculptural figure in intaglio; below, a colonial-era building is rendered in fine line engraving against a multicolour guilloche ground. A large numeral 5 with an embedded GH¢ symbol appears at lower left in colour-shifting ink, with the denomination numeral GH¢5 at upper right and the Bank of Ghana logo at lower right. |
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