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5 Cedis Ix Chel
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 5 Cedis |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, set within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding border is richly ornamented with an intricate Art Nouveau-style relief of intertwining floral and foliate scrollwork. The legend REPUBLIC OF GHANA arcs above and ELIZABETH II to the left, with FIVE CEDIS to the right; the specifications 50g, Ag999, and the date 2021 appear below the portrait. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ix Chel is the Maya goddess of the moon, medicine, and weaving — her inclusion in a Ghanaian state issue is a straightforwardly commercial decision, part of a broader wave of bullion and collector coins that national mints and issuing authorities have licensed out to European bullion dealers, particularly since the mid-2010s. The Bank of Ghana's name appears on the coin, but the creative and commercial apparatus behind it almost certainly originates elsewhere.