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50 Cedis FAO
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 1984 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Reverse description | Central design depicts four fishermen aboard a traditional wooden fishing boat, rendered in high relief against a stylised background of undulating wave patterns filling the field. One figure stands at the stern while three others are seated or crouching within the vessel, evoking the theme of artisanal fisheries. The circular legend FAO WORLD FISHERIES CONFERENCE 1983-84 runs along the upper periphery, and the denomination 50 CEDIS appears along the lower periphery, flanked by two small FAO emblem devices. The composition commemorates the FAO World Fisheries Conference held between 1983 and 1984. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Ghana's Food and Agriculture Organization commemorative program in the early 1980s coincided with one of the country's most turbulent economic periods — the PNDC military government under Jerry Rawlings had seized power in December 1981 and imposed sweeping economic controls as the cedi collapsed against hard currencies. A silver coin denominated at 50 cedis carried genuine irony: the face value was essentially worthless domestically, yet the metal content made it a legitimate hard-currency export piece aimed squarely at foreign collectors rather than Ghanaian circulation.
The .925 silver variant designated KM#21a exists alongside a base-metal issue, distinguishing the collector strike from any nominal circulation intent.