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5 Cedis - Elizabeth II Infernomant
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#91 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and draped, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, whose initials IRB appear below the bust. The effigy is set against a radiant sunburst field. To the left, a bearded blacksmith is depicted in high relief, raising a hammer above an anvil in a dynamic forging pose. The legend ELIZABETH II • 5 CEDIS REPUBLIC OF GHANA appears in two lines below the effigy, accompanied by the Arms of Ghana. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Hauyne — spelled haüyne, after the French mineralogist René Just Haüy — is a rare tectosilicate found almost exclusively in phonolitic volcanic rocks, with gem-quality material sourced primarily from the Eifel region of Germany. Its intense blue coloration made it a logical material choice for a coin depicting a creature associated with fire and supernatural blue flame. Ghana's mint program has issued several fantastical creature coins under collector-market pressure, this being among the more mineralogically interesting for the specificity of the stone selected rather than the more commercially common sapphire or spinel.