60 Years of Ghana's Coinage: From Shillings to Cedis, New Cedis, and now Ghana Cedis
1984: 50 Pesewas (1/2 of a New Cedi)
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
GHANA |
| Item Description: |
Brass 50P 1984 KM24 |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 67 |
| Owner: |
Harlan#2 |
Owner Comments:
In 2007 I purchased a lot of 7 business-strike coins in the New Cedi (or Second Cedi) series, raw, for $10.00. They span the years 1984-1999, and each is a different denomination. The coin shown here is 1/2 of a New (or Second) Cedi. Minted only in 1984, it graded out the highest of the lot. And before final encapsulation it benefited from treatment by NCS. On the obverse is a cluster of cocoa pods (Ghana has long been a major world producer of cocoa). The shield at the heart of the national Coat of Arms adorns the reverse.
In the current NGC census, this coin shows as Top Pop.