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5 Cedis Hygieia Salus
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Third cedi (2007-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, rendered in high relief at center, encircled by a fine dentilated border. The surrounding field is elaborately decorated with an intricate Art Nouveau-style foliate and floral relief pattern extending to the coin's rim. The legend 'ELIZABETH II' appears to the left and 'REPUBLIC OF GHANA' and 'FIVE CEDIS' arc around the upper portion of the inner border. The specifications '50g', 'Ag999', and the date '2020' are inscribed in the lower exergual area. |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of Hygieia, the Greek goddess of health, shown in a classical standing pose, holding a patera in one hand and entwined with her sacred serpent. Ears of grain are incorporated into the composition as a symbol of prosperity and abundance. The figure is rendered in high relief with polychrome coloring applied to key design elements. An elaborate Art Nouveau-inspired foliate border frames the central motif, consistent with the overall artistic program of the series. The inscription 'HYGIEIA SALUS' appears as the principal legend on the reverse field. |
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Hygieia — Greek goddess of health and daughter of Asclepius — gave her name directly to the word "hygiene," and her Roman counterpart Salus became the personification of public welfare broadly, not merely medicine. Ghana's Bank issued this piece in 2020, the year the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, a timing that was either extraordinarily prescient in planning or deliberately accelerated in production. The dual naming of the coin — invoking both traditions simultaneously — is unusual in modern bullion issues and likely reflects the numismatic market's appetite for mythology-themed silver rather than any formal theological distinction.