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500 Sika - Elizabeth II Phoenician Navigators
| Issuer | Ghana › Ghana (1957-date) |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | Detailed high-relief depiction of an ancient Phoenician merchant vessel under full sail, shown three-quarter view with rigging, a central mast, and a large square sail billowing above the hull. Several figures are visible on the deck engaged in seamanship, and stylized waves are rendered beneath the keel. The curved legend PHOENICIAN NAVIGATORS 1200 B.C. arcs along the upper and right rim, while the date 2002 appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Mintage | 2002 - Proof - 15,000 |
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Ghana's "Phoenician Navigators" issues from 2002 belong to a wave of commemorative coinage produced for the international collector market rather than domestic circulation — coins minted in Ghana's name but designed and marketed almost entirely by European distributors. The Phoenician subject matter has no particular connection to Ghanaian history; the pairing is purely commercial.
The X# prefix in the reference confirms non-circulating status under Krause's exotic classification.