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5 Cedis The Hedgehog and Horse
| Issuer | Republic of Ghana |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Weight | 33.63 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a scene inspired by the Soviet animated film 'Hedgehog in the Fog': in the lower portion of the field, a hedgehog rendered in high relief rests among stylised grass, accompanied by a small coloured mushroom with a yellow cap and red spots applied in enamel. The head of a horse, finely detailed with engraved mane and forelock, emerges from the upper left beneath a sweeping canopy of intricately textured foliage that fills the upper field. The background displays a horizontally striated misty field evoking the fog of the narrative. The Cyrillic legend ЁЖИК И ЛОШАДЬ (The Hedgehog and the Horse) appears in a rectangular panel along the lower rim. |
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| Reverse lettering | ЁЖИК И ЛОШАДЬ |
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Ghana's "Hedgehog and Horse" belongs to a broader wave of African-nation novelty silver issues produced almost entirely for the European collector market — Ghana itself having minimal numismatic tradition around such pieces. The coins are struck under licensing arrangements with European minting houses, with Ghana lending its sovereign authority to the issue in exchange for a fee rather than from any domestic monetary need.
KM#53 is cataloged but collector documentation on die varieties and actual mintage figures for this series remains inconsistent across major references.