5 Cedis - Elizabeth II Bullion Coinage - Parrot

Ghana's bullion coinage program has drawn collectors less for monetary reasons than for its wildlife subjects, which rotate annually and command premiums well above spot. The African grey parrot — native to the equatorial forests of West and Central Africa, including Ghana's own Atewa Range — was already under severe poaching pressure in 2016, the same year the CITES trade ban on wild-caught specimens took full effect. The timing was not incidental; Ghana had been a significant export country for the species prior to the ban.