500 Sika - Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee

Ghana's 2002 jubilee coinage was issued just five years after the country had redenominated its currency, replacing the old cedi at a rate of 1,000 to 1. The "Sika" denomination itself was a short-lived experiment — Ghana reverted to cedi denominations within a few years, making these transitional-era pieces an odd footnote in the country's post-independence monetary history.

The .375 fineness — nine-carat gold — places this firmly in the budget commemorative market of the early 2000s, when Commonwealth mints routinely issued jubilee pieces at lower purities to hit accessible price points. The X# prefix in the reference confirms its status outside the regular national coinage program.