60 Years of Ghana's Coinage: From Shillings to Cedis, New Cedis, and now Ghana Cedis
1999: 100 New Cedis
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
GHANA |
| Item Description: |
Bi-Metallic 100C 1999 KM32 |
| Full Grade: |
NGC MS 65 |
| Owner: |
Harlan#2 |
Owner Comments:
This piece was in the New Cedi lot I bought raw in 2007. And it's my favorite. While living in Ghana in the mid-90's, the 100 Cedi coin was the one I encountered, and used, most frequently.
The coin is bi-metallic: a copper-nickel ring surrounds the brass center. 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 is on the reverse. It was minted in 1991, 1997, and 1999. The NGC Census currently shows this example as Top Pop.