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500 Cedis International Year of Disabled Persons
| Issuer | Bank of Ghana |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 1981 - - 4,200 1981 - Proof - |
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The International Year of Disabled Persons was declared by the United Nations for 1981, prompting a wave of commemorative issues from member states. Ghana's participation came at an extraordinarily turbulent moment: Jerry Rawlings had seized power in a coup on December 31, 1981 — the very eve of the year this coin commemorates — dissolving the constitution and suspending political parties just as the Bank of Ghana was presumably finalizing this issue.
Whether the coin was struck before or after the coup has practical implications for its authorization chain.