60 Years of Ghana's Coinage: From Shillings to Cedis, New Cedis, and now Ghana Cedis
2007: 50 Pesewas

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Here's a 50 Pesewa coin, issued as part of the 2007 currency reform.

50 Pesewas, or 1/2 of a Ghana Cedi, are equivalent to 500,000 of the old Pesewas. On the obverse you'll find the depiction of a Market Woman. Ghana's outdoor markets are filled with such market women in their stalls, from whom I bought all sorts of "provisions" (i.e., food and supplies) when I lived in the country. The complete national Coat of Arms is on the reverse.

This example was in the raw Ghana Cedi lot I bought earlier in 2019 and, like the others in that lot, currently shows as Top Pop in the NGC Census.