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5 Cedis - Elizabeth II European Bison
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Weight | 155.5 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II 2022 5 CEDIS IRB * REPUBLIC OF GHANA * |
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Ghana has issued an extensive series of large-format silver naturalist coins under foreign licensing arrangements, most produced by European mints — primarily the Bavarian State Mint in Munich — for the collector market rather than any domestic circulation. The European Bison (Bison bonasus) was driven to extinction in the wild by 1927, surviving only in captivity until a reintroduction program beginning in the Białowieża Forest on the Polish-Belarusian border gradually rebuilt a viable population over the following decades.
Current wild numbers remain below 7,000 animals across fragmented European populations.