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5 Cedis Unicorn, Jubilee
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II · FIVE CEDIS REPUBLIC OF GHANA 1 TROY OUNCE · 2023 · 999 FINE SILVER |
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| Mintage | 2023 - - 2,000 |
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Ghana's unicorn coinage sits within a broader wave of African nation mints licensing fantasy heraldry to bullion buyers — a revenue model that has little to do with Ghanaian monetary history and everything to do with the secondary collector market for novelty silver rounds dressed as legal tender. The Bank of Ghana has issued similar themed pieces under the same framework since the early 2020s.
The "Jubilee" designation here likely references the 2022–2023 Platinum Jubilee commemorative cycle that swept issuing programs globally following Queen Elizabeth II's death in September 2022, though Ghana — a republic since 1960 — has no constitutional connection to that occasion.